Table 4 Characteristics of oral AMT products: expiry, manufacturer, and price

Proportion of oral AMT products

 Expiry dates^Ψ

N = 912

  Expired at the time of the survey

14.7

(9.8, 19.7)

  Less than 1 year to expiry

23.6

(18.3, 29.0)

  1–2 years to expiry

9.7

(5.7, 13.8)

  Greater than 2 years to expiry

60.4

(54.2, 66.6)

 Manufacturer

N = 1036

  Mediplantex (Vietnam)

75.0

(68.9, 81.1)

  AA medical products (Vietnam)

8.0

(4.7, 11.2)

  Kunming Pharmaceutical Corporation (China)

2.6

(1.0, 4.2)

  Other

14.4

(10.1, 18.7)

Median

[IQR] ^(N)

Among oral AMT products, median

 Retail price per 50 mg tablet sold to patients

$0.16

[0.12–0.18]⁽⁹⁸⁹⁾

 Retail percentage mark-up

30.1%

[14.9–54.2%]⁽⁸¹⁷⁾

 Number of 50 mg tablets typically dispensed to treat malaria in an adult

2

[1.2–7.2]⁽⁹²⁸⁾