Insulin Preparations in South Africa

 

Basal Insulins
Insulin Type	Medicine Proprietary Name	Active Ingredients	Dosage Form	SEP (R)
Basal Analogue Insulins	Basaglar Basaglar Optisulin Levemir Lantus Levemir	Insulin Glargine Insulin Glargine Insulin Glargine Insulin Detemir Insulin Glargine Insulin Detemir	3x5 ml Cartridge 3x5 ml Pen INJ 3x5 ml Cartridge 3x5 ml Pen 3x5 ml Pen	R523.57 R598.36 R623.30 R678.14 R688.84 R800.88
Basal Human Insulins	Biosulin L Biosulin N Humulin N Humulin N Protaphane HM	Lente Human Insulin Isophane Human Insulins	3x5 ml Cartridge 3x5 ml Cartridge 3x5 ml Cartridge 3x5 ml Pen 3x5 ml Pen	R346.24 R346.24 R450.54 R450.55 R627.47
Premix Insulins
Insulin Type	Medicine Proprietary Name	Active Ingredients	Dosage Form	SEP (R)
Premix Analogue Insulins	Humalog Mix25 Humalog Mix50 Humalog Mix25 Humalog Mix50 Humalog Mix25 NovoMix 30 NovoMix 30 Ryzodeg®	Insulin Lispro + Insulin Lispro Protamine Biphasic Insulin Aspart Insulin Degludec+Aspart	3x5 ml Cartridge 3x5 ml Cartridge 3x5 ml Pen 3x5 ml Pen 3x5 ml Pen 3x5 ml Pen 3x5 ml Cartridge 3x5 ml Pen	R466.17 R466.17 R553.14 R553.15 R595.66 R603.37 R643.76 R978.64
Premix Human Insulins	Biosulin 30-70 Humulin 30/70 Humulin 30/70 Actraphane HM Actraphane HM	Biosynthetic Human Insulin 30% Regular Insulin 70% Isophane Insulin	3x5 ml Cartridge 3x5 ml Pen 3x5 ml Cartridge 3x5 ml Pen 3x5 ml Pen	R346.24 R450.54 R450.54 R593.07 R627.47
Short/Rapid Acting Insulins
Insulin Type	Medicine Proprietary Name	Active Ingredients	Dosage Form	SEP (R)
Rapid Analogue Insulins	Humalog Humalog NovoRapid Apidra NovoRapid Humalog	Insulin Lispro Insulin Lispro Insulin Aspart Insulin Glulisine Insulin Aspart Insulin Lispro	3x5 ml Pen 3x5 ml Cartridge 3x5 ml Cartridge 3x5 ml Pen 3x5 ml Pen 3x5 ml Pen	R432.82 R432.82 R487.62 R510.68 R542.72 R596.70
Short-Acting Human Insulins	Biosulin R Humulin R Humulin R Actrapid HM (ge)	Regular Human Insulin (rDNA)	3x5 ml Cartridge 3x5 ml Pen 3x5 ml Cartridge 3x5 ml Pen	R346.24 R370.59 R430.83 R491.94

 

Reference

South African Medicine Price Registry. Database Of Medicine Prices 14th March 2017. http://www.mpr.gov.za/Publish/ViewDocument.aspx?Document PublicationId=3285. [Accessed March 20, 2017.]