Table 3.

Annual pharmacy costs in the base-case analysis

Item	Once-weekly semaglutide 1 mg	Liraglutide 1.2 mg	Basal insulin (intensification)
Annual medication costs	1367.86	1156.50	493.14
Annual metformin costs	50.40	50.40	50.40
Annual glimepiride costs	18.55	18.55	18.55
Annual pioglitazone costs	13.29	13.29	13.29
Annual needle costs	0.00	45.86	45.86
Annual SMBG testing costs	25.04	25.04	137.24
Total annual costs	1475.15	1309.65	758.48

All costs are expressed in euros (EUR)

SMBG self-monitoring of blood glucose