Table 3.

Details of samples of medicines collected from different sampling points

Serial number	Name of the molecule	Source and number of samples collected from each source
		Government district hospital (tablets in numbers)	Private pharmacy		Janatha Bazar
			Most sold (tablets in numbers)	Least expensive (tablets in numbers)	Branded drug outlet (tablets in numbers)	Generic outlet (tablets in numbers)
1	Metformin hydrochloride 500 mg	300	300	300	300	300
2	Glibenclamide 5 mg	300	300	300	300	300
3	Atenolol 50 mg	308*	308	308	308	308
4	Amlodipine 5 mg	300	300	300	300	300

*Atenolol 50 mg packaged with 14 tablets in each strip, hence 14×22=308; for remaining all tablets each strip packaged with 15 tablets 15×20=300.