The government would consult over the unit price in months to come, she added.
In England and Wales the consultation on a 45p minimum unit price finishes next week.
The average software unit price is lower than retail prices one would find in stores.
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The most effective way of targeting the heaviest drinkers is probably through a minimum unit price.
Scottish government plans for a minimum unit price for alcohol were defeated by the Health Committee on 22 September 2010.
At this stage, the Scottish government has not fixed a unit price.
Opponents of a minimum unit price say it is unfair because it penalises all drinkers, not just those who cause or have problems.
Currently trading close to its 52-week high, the ever-increasing gap between the unit price and that of the moving average lines indicates more bullishness.
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All this means that the Scottish Government's target date for actually beginning to enforce the 50p per unit price, April 2013, is in jeopardy.
The health secretary committed to introduce the details of the planned unit price for alcohol for the second stage of parliamentary scrutiny of the legislation.
Say, in a grocery store, when you try to find out the unit price for a product, there's those various small stickers on the shelves.
Liberal Democrat health spokesman Ross Finnie said the Health Committee had been "hampered" in its efforts to scrutinise the legislation without a specific minimum unit price.
Such commonality served both to minimize the costs associated with meeting these various service needs and to help keep the per-unit price of the V-22 affordable.
It is calculated using the same blend of prices by which IDC determines the average software unit price, including: retail, volume license, OEM, free, open-source, etc.
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We are working with the alcohol industry which has pledged to take one billion units out of the UK's alcohol intake and introduce a minimum unit price.
MSPs passed The Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Scotland) Act 2012 in May 2012, setting a 50p minimum unit price as part of an effort to tackle alcohol misuse.
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Such commonality served both to minimize the costs to the government associated with meeting these various service needs and to help keep the per-unit price of the V-22 affordable.
"In real terms, alcohol is 62% more affordable now than it was 30 years ago and research indicates that a minimum unit price of 40p and a ban on promotions could decrease consumption by 5.4%, " he said.
Bottom line: fiduciaries of small plans can be just as sophisticated and just as knowledgeable as fiduciaries who serve large plans even though fiduciaries of smaller plans may pay a higher unit price or management fee for the same services.
These manufacturers are able to analyze a price elasticity curve, yielding a forecast of the average unit retail price before product development dollars are spent.
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In addition to the retail price (MSRP), the manufacturer also attempts to estimate the average unit retail price (AUR).
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They examined the likely outcomes if Scotland's planned 50p per unit minimum price was applied in England.
To prevent simply shifting the problem from the pub to the home, it said, this needed to be coupled with a 50p per unit minimum price in shops and supermarkets.
Managers in one unit would balk at paying the price another unit charged for supplies.
Both of these trends will contribute to slowing unit volume among a price conscious consumer market.
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Plans to set a 50p minimum price per unit of alcohol have already been approved by MSPs.
Meanwhile ministers in Scotland are planning to press ahead with plans for a minimum price per unit of alcohol.
In October, Anne Milton, public health minister for England, told MPs that a minimum price per unit could be open to legal challenges relating to European competition law.
Seadrill Partners has granted the underwriters a 30-day over-allotment option to purchase up to 1, 312, 500 additional common units, at the same price per unit, to cover over-allotments, if any.
And a spokesman for Health Secretary Andrew Lansley said he had been reluctant to consider a minimum price per unit because it would not be legal in terms of the EU competition regulations.
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