Price Mix Flashcards
communicates the intended value positioning of a product or brand to the market.
price
is the element of the marketing mix that produces revenue, and the easiest to adjust
price
highest amount that a retailer may charger to a consumer for a medicine placed under price regulation
Maximum Drug Retail Price (MDRP)
No medicine under price regulation shall be sold to a customer at a price higher than the MDRP
Under RA 9502
Enabling laws of RA9502
EO 821 and EO 155
On top of the MDRP ________ and _______ are still eligible to avail of special discounts
Senior citizens and PWDs (20%)
Violation penalty under RA 9502
Php 50,000 to Php 5,000,000
In 2009, EO 821 mandated the price reduction of 5 important molecules
- amlodipine
- atorvastatin
- azithromycin
- cytarabine
- doxorubicin
first line for diseases
When was the EO repealed for MDRP to have a new set of medicines
2021
Innovator brand of amlodipine
Norvasc (MDRP by law)
Criteria for determining MDRP include:
- Public health priorities
- High price differentials compared to international prices
- Limited competition or lack of generic counterparts
- Expensive and commonly prescribed drugs
Drug products that were price-controlled can also be removed by the govt. from having MDRP (t or f)
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3 General pricing concepts
- Reference prices
- Price-quality inferences
- Price Endings
Comparing an observed price to an internal reference price they remember or an external frame of reference such as a posted “regular retail price”
Reference prices
Types of Reference Prices
- Fair Price
- Typical Price
- Upper-bound price
- Lower-bound price
Price based on customer’s feelings
Fair price
usual price of a product in the market (SRP)
Typical price
Maximum price that consumers would pay; also called reservation price (konting taas sa SRP)
Upper-bound price
Minimum price that consumers would pay; also called lower threshold price
Lower-bound price
Is a concept where price is used as an indicator of a product’s quality; higher price = higher quality
Price-quality inference
Pricing concept based on consumer psychology where price is determined based on the numerical structure of a product’s price
Price endings
Example of price endings
- Odd number pricing
- “9” endings pricing
- 0 and 5 endings
Limitations of price endings pricing
- only useful when consumer price knowledge is poor
- not usually effective for items that are not bought frequently
- not usually effective if product design changes frequently
Steps in setting a product’s price
- Selecting the Pricing Objective
- Determining demand
- Estimating costs
- Analyzing competitor’s costs, prices, and offers
- selecting a pricing method
- selecting the final price
The company first decides where it wants to positions its market offering.
Selecting the Pricing Objective