Lisinopril is patent-expired, and this headline figure refers to the branded one. In the UK, 28 tabs of generic lisinopril cost less than a quid, and pharmacies will supply the generic version unless the quack specifically writes the brand name. Probably because of this, branded lisinopril is only +39% of their global median price in the UK, compared with the +2683 figure over There.Once again, new findings reveal that drug costs are highest in the United States, with medications costing +306.82% more than the global median.
Germany has the second highest costs, but they are substantially lower than in the United States, at +125.64% of the global median. In third place is the United Arab Emirates, close on the heels of Germany at +122.03%.
In contrast, drugs in Thailand are the cheapest, costing –93.93% the median price, followed by Kenya (-93.76%) and Malaysia (–90.8%).
For all of the drugs evaluated in this report, the United States had the highest prices.
Of note, the medication with the highest difference in price from the global median is lisinopril (Prinivil, Zestril, marketed by Merck and Zeneca), an ACE inhibitor used in the treatment of hypertension, which costs +2682.56% more in the United States than the global median price.
Interestingly, it says here, the UK pays +470% of the global median for generics in general, while USAdia pays only +97%.
Nice pointless precision there as well - a percentage figure in thousands with 2 decimal places.