WSJ on Price Markups by Pharmacies in US on some generic drugs

[James Love <love@cptech.org>]

Elyse Tanouye from the Wall Street Journal had a very 
interesting article about mark-ups on generic drugs
by pharmacies.  I put the key table from her
article on the web at:
http://www.cptech.org/ip/health/generic/nobargain.html

Here it is in text form.
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This is a table from a December 31, 1998 story in the Wall Street
Journal by ELYSE TANOUYE, "Price Markups on Generics Can Top
Brand-Name Drugs"
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                       No Bargain
Pharmacies add steep markups to the price of generic rugs:

Generic drug/Brand name     No.                  Brand-
   Treatment                of  Generic  Generic   name
   Dosage                pills  manuf's   retail retail
Acyclovir/Zovirax
   Antiviral drug
   400 mg tablet            44   $7.22   $61.64   $98.12
Cimetidine/Tagamet
   Ulcer drug
   400 mg tablet            57    2.85    37.09    90.63
Captopril/Capoten
   High blood pressure
   25 mg tablet             79    1.46    24.49    66.36
Glipizide/Glucotrol
   Diabetes
   10 mg tablet             76    3.76    25.80    52.44
Diazepam/Valium
   Antianxiety drug
   5 mg tablet              46    0.44     6.84    33.12
Haloperidol/Haldol
   Antipsychotic
   5 mg tablet              52    0.62    18.08    82.16
Diltiazem/Cardizem
   Angina (chest pain)
   60 mg tablet             88    3.08    31.61    66.00
Alprazolam/Xanax
   Antianxiety drug
   0.5 mg tablet            56    0.78    15.56    51.52
Atenolol/Tenormin
   High blood pressure
   50 mg tablet             43    0.62    14.68    43.00

Note: prices and pill quantities are based on the
average retail prescriptions from Scott-Levin
Source: Mylan document; Scott-Levin; WSJ research