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Geographic Pricing Tiers

Build a region-by-region pricing tier map for any molecule. The empirical 3-tier or 4-tier classification anchored on actual trade clearance, not arbitrary adjustments.

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Example output · telmisartan India-out 2024 · 21 destinations across 5 regions · regional average median
$16.78 USD/kg · median · the bid line
n=30 shipments · trade warehouse, last 24 months Indicative

Telmisartan India-out clears 21 destinations across 5 world regions in 2024 with a 28x spread between the highest and lowest regional medians. Asia clears at $16.78/kg average median (lifted by Turkey at $131.27); Europe sits at $1.28, Africa at $1.25, South America at $0.63, and North America at $0.59. The clean tier-1 tier-3 mapping is Asia (premium-mixed), Europe-Africa (mid-volume), and Americas (low-band volume). A pricing team applying a global list price across all 21 destinations is unanchored from the regional reality; the brief surfaces the tier table ready for the price book.

p25 · aggressive entry
$0.59
deals get done
median · the bid line
$16.78
where the market clears
p75 · premium
$131.27
likely loses
Distribution · 9 price buckets
$0.50
$0.75
$1.00
$1.50
$2.00
$3.00
$5.00
$10.00
$130+
Active regions
5
Tier-1 region (Asia avg)
$16.78
Tier-3 region (N America avg)
$0.59
Regional spread ratio
28x
30 seconds

How it works

molecule losartan origin IN destination BR
01

Pick a molecule + origin.

Type the molecule INN and the origin country. The AI agent pulls every destination with declared shipments and groups by world region.

0 HHI 0.42 1
computed · pre-joined · anonymised
02

The AI agent builds the tier.

Region-level average median, min median, max median, and total shipment count. Regions are ranked into tiers based on the average median percentile.

brief · cited
Lane concentration · structurally concentrated
HHI0.42
Top-3 share71%
Actionqualify second source
03

Save the price book.

Citation-anchored brief: the tier table, the minimum price by tier, and an Excel-ready export for the regional sales team.

Why a sales operations team runs it

The price book, regionally anchored.

Region-level, not country-level.

Country-by-country price lists are unmanageable. The regional tier map is the operational simplification: tier-1 / tier-2 / tier-3 price floors that the sales team can apply consistently.

Anchored on trade clearance.

Tiers reflect what each region actually pays, not an internal-strategy classification. The price book is defensible against negotiation pressure when challenged.

Outlier-flagged.

Destinations within a region that clear far above or below the regional average are flagged. Single anomalies do not contaminate the tier; the user can decide to keep them in or exclude as a special case.

Refreshes weekly.

Trade aggregates refresh weekly. The tier map reruns on every refresh; the brief carries the exact computation timestamp.

What a real chat looks like

Type a molecule. The AI agent returns the regional tier.

A real chat thread in PharmaDB. Type a question, the AI agent runs the tools, the answer lands as a saveable note.

Geographic tiers · telmisartan India-out
chat · saved 2 min ago
You
For telmisartan India-out, build a regional pricing tier across all 21 active destinations.
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Running tool pharmagraph_query
molecule_country_flow ⋈ countries · telmisartan · IN-out · 2024 · 5 regions
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Telmisartan India-out splits into three tiers in 2024: Asia at $16.78 average median (lifted by the Turkey premium lane at $131.27, but with a healthy Vietnam-Myanmar-Sri Lanka mid-volume band $1.04 to $1.84); Europe and Africa cluster around $1.25 average; the Americas (South + North America) sit in the $0.59 to $0.63 commodity floor. A price book at $20 Asia floor, $1.50 Europe-Africa floor, $0.75 Americas floor reflects the empirical distribution. Turkey is the regional outlier worth pricing separately.
Tier-1 (Asia)
$16.78
Tier-2 (Europe/Africa)
$1.28
Tier-3 (Americas)
$0.59
Regions covered
5
Cited molecule_country_flow 21 destinations countries 5 regions resolved molecule_catalog INN matched
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Manual workflow vs. PharmaDB.

Manual workflow
Excel · email · syndicated reports
  1. 01 Pull trade declarations for the molecule 3-4 hr
  2. 02 Map destinations to world regions 2 hr
  3. 03 Compute regional average median 1-2 hr
  4. 04 Identify outliers per region 2 hr
  5. 05 Build the tier table for the price book 2-3 hr
Total cycle time 1 day per molecule
PharmaDB
The AI agent · one query · cited
One query.
Pre-joined warehouse. Country-to-region mapping sits in the `countries` table; the regional aggregate is computed at query time. The AI agent returns the tier table inline with outlier chips.
Total cycle time Under a minute
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Where the regional tier sits, per molecule.

Twelve molecule-region pairs · 2024 average median · USD/kg from India-out lanes.

Telmisartan Americas
$0.59
↓ 5%
Telmisartan South America
$0.63
↓ 3%
Telmisartan Europe
$1.28
↓ 4%
Telmisartan Africa
$1.25
↓ 1%
Vildagliptin South America
$0.10
↓ 12%
Sitagliptin Americas
$0.26
↓ 8%
Sitagliptin South America
$1.58
↓ 3%
Vildagliptin Africa
$25.82
↓ 8%
Sitagliptin Asia
$30.91
↓ 4%
Vildagliptin Asia
$48.91
↓ 6%
Valsartan Asia
$112.77
↑ 2%
Sitagliptin Europe
$126.76
↓ 5%
IQR (p25–p75) Median USD/kg ↓ YoY price drop · margin pressure · ↑ YoY price rise · tighter market

The geographic tier is the price book foundation. PharmaDB joins molecule_country_flow to countries and computes the regional average median per molecule. Refresh cadence is weekly.

FAQ

Frequently asked

What world regions are used?+

The `countries` table groups destinations into five canonical regions: Asia, Europe, Africa, North America, South America. Mid-East destinations are typically classified within Asia; small island states are classified by their geographic region. The mapping is exposed and configurable.

Why use average median rather than overall median?+

Each destination already has a lane median (computed across its shipments). Averaging the destination medians within a region gives an equal-weighted regional benchmark; this prevents one high-volume destination from dominating the tier. A volume-weighted alternative is available.

How are outliers handled within a region?+

Destinations more than 3x the regional average are flagged. The brief surfaces them inline so the user can decide whether to keep them in the tier or price them as a separate special case (e.g., Turkey on telmisartan).

Why is Asia so dispersed?+

Asia spans both high-tender markets (Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh, the Gulf) and premium-equivalent markets (Turkey, Korea, Japan). The same molecule clears at very different bands within the region. The brief either splits Asia into sub-regions or flags the dispersion explicitly.

How does this connect to the price book?+

Output is Excel-ready: tier-1 / tier-2 / tier-3 floor per molecule, with the supporting average median. The regional sales team applies the floor against their local negotiation; finance gets the tier as the transfer-pricing anchor.

How fresh is the data?+

Trade aggregates refresh weekly. The tier map reruns on every refresh; the catalog row carries the exact timestamp.

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