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. 2018 Apr 16;12:825. doi: 10.3332/ecancer.2018.825

Table 2. Total estimated drug treatment cost and rankings.

List price rank Estimated treatment cost rank Active substance Form and strength of drug substance Number of cycles (3 weeks) Treatment duration Estimated treatment cost
31 1 Bevacizumab Injection fluid 25mg/ml 0.15 ml 15.1 Mean TL €174,399.68
5 2 Bevacizumab Concentrate for solution infusion 25mg/ml 16 ml 15.1 Mean TL €51,836.10
2 3 Trastuzumab emtansine Powder for solution infusion 160 mg 9.5 Median TL €44,505.75
28 4 Everolimus Dispersible tablet 5 mg 8.0 Mean TL €31,207.25
12 5 Trastuzumab Powder for solution infusion 150 mg 13.0 Mean TL €21,947.45
25 6 Everolimus Tablet 10 mg 8.0 Mean TL €21,254.31
36 7 Lapatinib Tablet 250 mg 15.0 Median TL €18,682.30
1 8 Pertuzumab Concentrate for solution infusion 30mg/ml 14 ml 4.5 Mean TL €16,665.64
3 9 Trastuzumab Injection fluid 120mg/ml 5 ml 13.0 Mean TL €16,286.10
7 10 Thiotepa* Powder for solution infusion 100 mg 7.6 Assumption €14,467.30
32 11 Vinblastin* Injection fluid 1mg/ml 10 ml 7.6 Assumption €10,175.00
6 12 Doxorubicin* Concentrate for solution infusion 2mg/ml 25 ml 4.3 Median PFS €9,950.96
11 13 Eribulin* Injection fluid 0,44mg/ml 3 ml 4.8 Mean TL €8,551.01
14 14 Paclitaxel* Powder for solution infusion 100 mg 5.6 Mean TL €8,024.00
10 15 Doxorubicin* Powder for solution infusion 50 mg 4.3 Median PFS €6,354.32
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generic drugs

If an assumption was used to estimate the average treatment length, this assumption was based on the average treatment length of all other drugs for which a treatment length was available in the EPARs or ZINL assessment reports. Mean TL = Mean treatment length. median PFS = Median progression-free survival