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Table 3 Estimated wholesale margins resulting from power distributiona

From: Examining confidential wholesale margin estimates in European countries for the price negotiation of patented drugs in Germany: a statistical model

Pharmacy purchase price

Estimated wholesale margin

€5.00

66.73%

€10.00

34.26%

€25.00

16.23%

€50.00

9.87%

€75.00

7.52%

€100.00

6.26%

€250.00

3.64%

€500.00

2.52%

€750.00

2.07%

€1,000.00

1.81%

€1,500.00

1.51%

€2,000.00

1.34%

€2,500.00

1.23%

€3,000.00

1.14%

€3,500.00

1.08%

€4,000.00

1.03%

€4,500.00

0.99%

€5,000.00

0.95%

  1. aDue to country-specific level jumps, the power distribution describes the margin trends of some countries less precisely in the lower price ranges. However, this lack of precision is accepted in favor of a uniform model type for the modeling