Selected Prices for Ciprofloxacin

(Prices per pill in US dollars, Revised October 25, 2001) 

   PRICES FOR 500 Mg Tablet

   OECD
USA Bayer wholesale            4.67
USA Bayer best price for gov   1.83
Canada Bayer/government        1.58
Canada Apotext/government       .95 *
UK Bayer                       2.03
NZ Bayer/retail                1.29
   EASTERN EUROPE
Poland Bayer                   1.51
Poland Polfa Grodzisk generic   .29 *
   AFRICA
South Africa/private sector     2.10
(includes VAT)
South Africa, government tender  .61
(includes VAT)
   ASIA
India generic 1.6 Rs =          .03 *

   RETAIL PRICES FOR 250 Mg Tabs
Kenya  Bayer                   2.40 
Tanzania Bayer                 3.00
Tanzania   average generic      .21 *
Uganda  Bayer                  3.10
Uganda  average generic         .16 *
Norway  Bayer                  1.60

   * generic
See also retail prices of Ciprofloxcin from 2000 HAI Survey
The following data is from K Bala and Kiran Sagoo, Patents and Prices, Hainews, Number 112, April/May 2000. This survey reported prices for ciprofloxacin in different national markets in Table 1b. In US dollars, the price per 500 mg tablet is listed below, with * noting a generic product: 

PRICES FOR 500 MG Tablet
    OECD
Belgium          2.10   
Canada           1.69   
Finland          3.33   
France           2.49   
Germany          5.49
Italy            2.93
Netherlands      3.62
NZ               2.34
Norway           3.32
Portugal         3.06
Portugal         2.50 *
   AFRICA
Benin            1.64 *
Burkino Fasso    1.97
Burkino Fasso     .06 *
Mozambique       7.40
Mozambique       3.18 *
South Africa     4.56
Tanzania         4.38
Tanzania          .25 *
Uganda            .20 *
Zambia           3.40
   LATIN AMERICA
Argentina /gen   3.35 *
Boliva            .93 *
Nicaragua        3.57
Nicaragua         .81 *
Peru             3.44
Peru             1.03 *
   ASIA
Fiji             3.93
Fiji              .20 *
India             .15
India             .10 *
Korea            2.38
Korea            1.58 *
Nepal             .19
Nepal             .12 *
Pakistan         1.03
Pakistan          .31 *

* generic