TABLE 1.

Median price ratios for selected medicines, originator brand and generic equivalents in the private sector.

Medicine	Originator	Generic
Amlodipine 10 mg cap/tab	104.74	53.66
Atenolol 50 mg cap/tab	100.53	8.67
Carbamazepine 200 mg cap/tab	23.83	6.07
Enalapril 20 mg cap/tab	20.62	12.31
Glibenclamide 5 mg cap/tab	168.75	11.02
Metformin 500 mg cap/tab	5.54	3.29
Nifedipine Retard 20 mg cap/tab	44.93	5.19
Phenytoin 100 mg cap/tab	41.06	8.69
Salbutamol inhaler 100 mcg/dose	4.25	1.68

mg, milligrams per dosage form; cap/tab, capsules or tablets as a dosage form; mcg/dose, micrograms per dose of medicine.