The hospital pharmacy follows a formulary or therapeutic list of essential drugs to order, and these are initially prepared by the hospital’s ()and duly approved by the designated members of the therapeutics committee. Therefore, entry of a drug product in the pharmacy to a large extent is dependent on the committee, and prescriptions that will be generated are dependent on products actually available inside the hospital pharmacy. Promoting drug products to consultants or specialists in the hospitals is almost a () exercise, if the company’s products are not available inside the hospital pharmacy. In-patients very seldom, if not rarely, buy prescription drugs outside the hospital pharmacy, unless the said product is not available.