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. 2015 Sep 5;32(8):742–756. doi: 10.1007/s12325-015-0233-1

Table 4.

Projected drug cost savings resulting from the introduction of Remsima during the first year after launch; combined for switch and naïve patient populations

Million €a RA AS CD UC PsA Psoriasis Total
10% discount scenario
 Germany 0.575 0.811 5.969 2.112 1.241 0.558 11.266
 UK 0.597 0.190 2.118 0.327 0.185 0.205 3.621
 Italy 0.646 0.677 0.734 0.932 0.967 0.670 4.625
 The Netherlands 0.257 0.235 1.784 0.967 0.101 0.044 3.389
 Belgium 0.240 0.237 1.343 0.810 0.173 0.085 2.887
 Total 2.315 2.150 11.949 5.148 2.667 1.561 25.789
20% discount scenario
 Germany 1.149 1.623 11.939 4.225 2.481 1.117 22.532
 UK 1.194 0.380 4.235 0.654 0.370 0.409 7.242
 Italy 1.291 1.355 1.469 1.863 1.935 1.339 9.252
 The Netherlands 0.515 0.471 3.569 1.934 0.203 0.087 6.778
 Belgium 0.480 0.474 2.686 1.621 0.345 0.169 5.775
 Total 4.630 4.301 23.897 10.295 5.333 3.121 51.578
30% discount scenario
 Germany 1.724 2.432 17.908 6.337 3.722 1.675 33.798
 UK 1.792 0.569 6.353 0.980 0.554 0.614 10.862
 Italy 1.937 2.032 2.203 2.795 2.902 2.009 13.878
 The Netherlands 0.772 0.706 5.353 2.900 0.304 0.131 10.167
 Belgium 0.720 0.711 4.028 2.431 0.518 0.254 8.662
 Total 6.944 6.451 35.846 15.443 8.000 4.682 77.367

Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10,000

AS ankylosing spondylitis, CD Crohn’s disease, PsA psoriatic arthritis, RA rheumatoid arthritis, UC ulcerative colitis

aUK costs were converted to € using a conversion rate of 1.127278 (http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?datasetcode=SNA_TABLE4#)