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Drug$
These are the medicine that I have to take. 8 in all. The cup is for the cough syrup. Let's try to make a conservative estimate: out of 27 million people, assume that 1/3 are taking cough medicine, 3 times a day, for 3 days. The standard intake is 10ml. So, in 3 days, the coughing Malaysians consume 810,000 liters of cough syrup. The 120ml Pabron cough syrup costs RM10.00 from Guardian. If my math and brain do not fail me, 810000 liters is equivalent to RM 67.5 million worth of cough syrup.
How about pills, let's say Panadol? Again assume 1/3 are having headache at a particular time, and take 3 intakes of 2 pills for one day. That makes 54 million pills per day. Panadol (produced by GSK) enjoys 86% of OTC pain relievers in Malaysia. At 20 sen per pill, you're staring at RM10.8 million in sales. These are just conservatives numbers. According to reports, the Panadol industry is worth RM54million per year in Malaysia.
Drug$
These are the medicine that I have to take. 8 in all. The cup is for the cough syrup. Let's try to make a conservative estimate: out of 27 million people, assume that 1/3 are taking cough medicine, 3 times a day, for 3 days. The standard intake is 10ml. So, in 3 days, the coughing Malaysians consume 810,000 liters of cough syrup. The 120ml Pabron cough syrup costs RM10.00 from Guardian. If my math and brain do not fail me, 810000 liters is equivalent to RM 67.5 million worth of cough syrup.
How about pills, let's say Panadol? Again assume 1/3 are having headache at a particular time, and take 3 intakes of 2 pills for one day. That makes 54 million pills per day. Panadol (produced by GSK) enjoys 86% of OTC pain relievers in Malaysia. At 20 sen per pill, you're staring at RM10.8 million in sales. These are just conservatives numbers. According to reports, the Panadol industry is worth RM54million per year in Malaysia.