- Summary
Veritabus has in recent days surveyed prices at the four pharmacies with online shops. It appears that medicine prices have fallen by almost 3% since November last year (ASÍ price survey). The price gap between pharmacies has narrowed considerably. Pharmacy still has the lowest price. There is a considerable difference in the worldwide delivery charge for purchases under 9,900 krónur. Medicine generally has the lowest prices for worldwide deliveries, but Garden Pharmacy follows after.
- Changes to medicine prices
On average, the price of over-the-counter medicines appears to have fallen since November 2021. Prescription medicines have led the price reductions. According to Veritabu, this fall amounts to three per cent on average.
This can be seen even more clearly in the picture below:
As can be seen, the price range has significantly narrowed between the parties (left-hand side of the chart). It can also be noted that the number of extreme values has significantly decreased since last year (dots above and below the boxes).
- Cost of worldwide delivery
The prices of the products in the Veritabus survey are distributed as follows:
The image shows that 98% of the products in the Veritabus survey cost less than 10,000 kr.
Cost of home delivery in the capital region:
A shopping redfish under 8,900 krónur that is delivered to your home is on average cheaper if it is bought in Pharmacy where the delivery charge for other parties is a minimum of 10%. The picture changes if you buy for more than 9,900 krónur, as the cost of such deliveries is then free for all parties.
- About Veritabus
Veritabus is a sister company of the Arev securities firm. All Veritabus price surveys, as well as other public price surveys, can be found on the Veritabus website for subscribers.
Veritabus investigated price changes for 64 over-the-counter medicines and other products in pharmacies from 28th to 31st August. The survey was conducted mainly online, but additional information was obtained from pharmacists where necessary.