The elusiveness of drug package size data
It's weirdly hard to know how much drug product is inside a given drug package. We dive into why it's challenging and how we plan to make it a lot easier.
Just like you can buy different package sizes of, say, pop at the grocery store (yes - I call it pop - I'm originally from the Midwest), pharmacies can also stock different package sizes of drugs. Just like pop comes in 12 or 24 packs of 12 oz cans and also single 20 oz or 2 liter bottles, drug products can come in varying package sizes. The same oral solid drug product from the same manufacturer could be available in say 100, 500, and 1000 count bottles. The same vaccine from the same manufacturer can come in multi-dose 5 mL vials, or pre-filled 0.5 mL syringes - each with perhaps the option of buying a 1 or 10 pack.
