Table 1 Background characteristics of the study companies in the 2004 and 2008 surveys.
Survey 2004 n of respondents (%) | Survey 2008 n of respondents (%) | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Number of companies | 1.000 | ||
All | 23 | 22 | |
Original products | 16 (70) | 16 (73) | |
Generic products | 7 (30) | 6 (27) | |
Number of employees | |||
Original product companies | 0.732 | ||
≤19 | 1 (7) | 4 (25) | |
20-49 | 1 (7) | 2 (13) | |
50-99 | 7 (50) | 5 (31) | |
100-149 | 2 (14) | 2 (13) | |
≥150 | 3 (22) | 3 (19) | |
Generic product companies | 0.470 | ||
≤19 | 5 (71) | 2 (40) | |
20-49 | - | - | |
50-99 | 2 (29) | 1 (20) | |
100-149 | - | 1 (20) | |
≥150 | - | 1 (20) | |
Turnover of the companies (€) a | |||
Original product companies | 0.381 | ||
≤1,000,000 | - | - | |
1,000,001-20,000,000 | 1 (7) | 6 (37) | |
20,000,001-40,000,000 | 5 (36) | 2 (13) | |
40,000,001-60,000,000 | 3 (22) | 3 (19) | |
60,000,001-80,000,000 | 2 (14) | 1 (6) | |
80,000,001-100,000,000 | 1 (7) | 2 (13) | |
≥100,000,001 | 2 (14) | 2 (13) | |
Generic product companies | 0.755 | ||
≤1,000,000 | 1 (14) | 1 (17) | |
1,000,001-20,000,000 | 5 (72) | 3 (50) | |
20,000,001-40,000,000 | 1 (14) | - | |
40,000,001-60,000,000 | - | 1 (17) | |
60,000,001-80,000,000 | - | - | |
80,000,001-100,000,000 | - | - | |
≥100,000,001 | - | 1 (17) | |
Median proportion (%) of turnover coming from the sale of pharmaceutical products included on the list of interchangeable medicines b | |||
All | 25 (range 1.5-100) | 11 (range 1-93) | 0.749 |
Original product companies | 23 (range 1.5-80) | 8.5 (range 1-70) | 0.527 |
Generic product companies | 30 (range 5-100) | 45 (range 5.4-93) | 0.836 |
Median proportion (%) of turnover coming from the sale of pharmaceutical products included in the price corridor b | |||
All | 10 (range 0-90) | 8.2 (range 0-90) | 0.767 |
Original product companies | 7.5 (range 0-50) | 3.5 (range 0-70) | 0.608 |
Generic product companies | 30 (range 5-90) | 45 (range 5.4-90) | 0.836 |
Median market share (%) in the Finnish pharmaceutical market b | |||
All | 1.9 (range 0.1-10) | 1.9 (range 0.1-9) | 0.904 |
Original product companies | 3.8 (range 0.6-10) | 2.0 (range 0.3-8) | 0.354 |
Generic product companies | 0.3 (range 0.1-2) | 0.3 (range 0.1-9) | 0.662 |