Data sources

Where does the pricing information in Wavedata Live come from?

1. The prices in Wavedata Live are the prices paid for medical products by chemists and dispensing doctors.
2. And sales offers made by wholesalers and manufacturers to chemists and dispensing doctors.
3. We collect the information from across the UK and this data is then entered into our databases.
4. The information is then posted at http://www.wavedata.net and updated every fifteen minutes.
5. The data stays on WaveData Live for a rolling 35 days, so when a price is 36 days old it is removed from the site.
6. The products seen on Wavedata Live are broadly categorised as medical, this means that as well as parallel imported, branded and generic pharmaceutical prices, information can be found on many other types of product.

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