October Sees Further Decrease in Global Clopidogrel Bisulfate Prices Amidst Sustained Weakness in Downstream Demand
October Sees Further Decrease in Global Clopidogrel Bisulfate Prices Amidst Sustained Weakness in Downstream Demand

October Sees Further Decrease in Global Clopidogrel Bisulfate Prices Amidst Sustained Weakness in Downstream Demand

  • 03-Nov-2023 3:34 PM
  • Journalist: Nicholas Seifield

Clopidogrel Bisulfate has witnessed a consistent and substantial decrease in its prices throughout October across the global market following the market trajectory of exporting nations such as India, primarily driven by enough stock levels among the merchants, further supporting a lower production momentum for Clopidogrel Bisulfate, keeping the suppliers and manufacturers to focus on the production based on market's consumption since the beginning of Q1.

Additionally, several other factors are believed to have contributed to this persistent fall in Clopidogrel Bisulfate prices. One of the main causes is the logistical issues, which keep the region's downward trajectory going even in October as inquiries from the international market continue to remain relatively lower side. The fact that pharmaceutical companies are now competing more to produce generic versions of the drug lends even more credence to this. A competitive pricing war broke out as more businesses entered the market with their generic substitutes, which may have contributed to the overall drop in the price of Clopidogrel Bisulfate in the domestic and international markets.

Other than that, there was no significant pause in the momentum of the supply chain since suppliers and merchants in the exporting countries—mainly India—could ship their containers at a consistent pace. But as far as market players are concerned, there was no significant shift in the demand side of the global market, which helped to keep the market's generally negative trajectory as heart attacks and strokes are prevented by the antiplatelet drug Clopidogrel Bisulfate, which is commonly prescribed and marketed under the name Plavix. Because of this, the public would be very interested in any notable change in Clopidogrel Bisulfate prices.

Meanwhile, taking into account the activity of the Clopidogrel Bisulfate market in both the US and Europe, the market has shown a negative demand dynamic in the healthcare sector over the last few months. The ongoing decline in demand and the merchants' substantial inventory holdings further drove local retailers and merchants to lower their domestic selling prices and reduce the placement of newer quotations. Supporting this is the fact that the price of sulfuric acid, one of the used feedstocks, has been declining throughout October, which has contributed to the general downward trend in the US market for Clopidogrel Bisulfate.

Overall, as per the market experts' anticipation by ChemAnalysts," the prices of Clopidogrel Bisulfate are expected to improve in the upcoming months finally after witnessing a persistent decrease since early 2023, relieving the merchants to balance their demand-supply outlook by considerably destocking their inventories at a higher rate. Furthermore, experts also predict that if fuel and other input charges, such as energy and raw materials, increase, there might be a higher cost of production and trade momentum, which might support the optimistic market trend of Clopidogrel Bisulfate.

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