: PRICING STRATEGIES & PROGRAMS 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
Among the 4Ps, this is the first to be adjusted
Price
The highest amount a retailer may charge to a
consumer for a medicine placed under price regulation
MAXIMUM DRUG RETAIL PRICE (MDRP) IN THE
PHILIPPINES
MDRRP: Prices of medicines were reduced at a median of __________%
from current retail prices. Reductions were up to as
much as ___________%
40; 93
MDRRP EO
Executive Order 821, s. 2009
T/f: On top of the MDRP, senior citizens and persons-with
disability (PWDs) are still eligible to avail of special
discounts
True
Violation/Penalty of RA 9502 or Cheaper Medicines Act
Php 50,000 to Php 5,000,000
drugs that are
included in the maximum retail price on 5 drug
molecules
Amlodipine, Atorvastatin, Zzithromycin,
Cytarabine, Doxorubicin.
EO 821 has been repealed by
EO 155 s.
2021
CRITERIA FOR DETERMINING MDRP
- Public health priorities
- High price differentials compared to international
prices - Limited competition or lack of generic counterparts
- Expensive and commonly prescribed drugs
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
Typical
Upper-Bound
Lower-bound
price based on customer feelings
Fair
usual price of a product in the
market
Typical
maximum price that consumers
would pay; also called reservation
price
Upper bound
minimum price that consumers
would pay; also called lower
threshold price
Lower-Bound
is a pricing concept where price is used as an indicator
of a product’s quality
PRICE-QUALITY INFERENCES
is a pricing concept based on consumer psychology
where price is determined based on the numerical
structure of a product’s price.
PRICE ENDINGS
EXAMPLES OF PRICE ENDING PRICING:
Odd number pricing
9 endings
0 and 5 endings
LIMITATIONS OF PRICE ENDING PRICING
Only useful when consumer knowledge is poor
Not usually effective for items that are not bought
frequently
Not usually effective if product design changes
frequently