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Published in final edited form as: Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2008 Oct;14(10):1156–1162. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2008.07.014

Table 4.

Regimen, for 70 kg patient, 28 days	Average Wholesale Price (USD)^*
Ganciclovir 5 mg/kg IV daily	1,048.60
Foscarnet 90 mg/kg IV daily	1,234.80
Valganciclovir 15 mg/kg oral daily	1,915.20
Cidofovir 5 mg/kg/week every 2 weeks	1,657.60
Single infusion of CMV CTL	1,350.00

These figures include quality assurance testing, cryopreservation, and shipping of CTL, but do not account for IV administration costs, compounding costs of oral medications, charges for laboratory monitoring, or medications to treat or prevent drug-related complications. Drug costs from Cardinal Health Corporation, April 2008 (www.cardinal.com).