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. 2019 Dec 23;37(2):800–818. doi: 10.1007/s12325-019-01186-z

Table 5.

Drug-associated costs (€) in the population

Drugs and cost drivers Screening Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Sum Difference to cladribine
Cladribine
 Adverse event 0 6637 6637 6637 6637 26,548 NA
 Drug acquisition 0 9,625,384 9,625,384 0 0 19,250,767 NA
 Monitoring 140,337 129,016 98,102 89,600 89,600 546,655 NA
 Productivity loss 20,001 26,062 32,411 13,363 13,363 105,200 NA
 Travelling 12,965 14,942 17,013 10,799 10,799 66,519 NA
 Sum 173,303 9,802,041 9,779,547 120,399 120,399 19,995,689 NA
Fingolimod
 Adverse event 0 4074 4074 4074 4074 16,295 − 10,253
 Drug acquisition 0 5,991,017 5,871,284 5,871,284 5,871,284 23,604,868 4,354,101
 Monitoring 107,708 328,946 93,554 93,554 93,554 717,316 170,662
 Productivity loss 20,001 83,153 19,657 19,657 19,657 162,125 56,925
 Travelling 12,965 42,304 12,853 12,853 12,853 93,826 27,308
 Sum 140,674 6,449,493 6,001,421 6,001,421 6,001,421 24,594,430 4,598,742
Natalizumab
 Adverse event 0 0 0 0 0 0 − 26,548
 Drug acquisition 0 7,560,000 7,560,000 7,560,000 7,560,000 30,240,000 10,989,233
 Drug administration 0 1,043,902 1,043,902 1,043,902 1,043,902 4,175,607 4,175,607
 Monitoring 110,746 89,600 89,600 131,892 131,892 553,730 7075
 Productivity loss 19,049 165,089 165,089 177,788 177,788 704,801 599,602
 Travelling 12,654 137,578 137,578 141,721 141,721 571,252 504,733
 Sum 142,449 8,996,169 8,996,169 9,055,302 9,055,302 36,245,390 16,249,701
Treatment mix
 Adverse event 0 3259 3259 3259 3259 13,036 − 13,512
 Drug acquisition 0 6,304,814 6,209,027 6,209,027 6,209,027 24,931,894 5,681,127
 Drug administration 0 208,780 208,780 208,780 208,780 835,121 835,121
 Monitoring 108,316 281,077 92,763 101,221 101,221 684,599 137,944
 Productivity loss 19,811 99,540 48,743 51,283 51,283 270,660 165,460
 Travelling 12,903 61,359 37,798 38,626 38,626 189,312 122,793
 Sum 141,029 6,958,828 6,600,370 6,612,197 6,612,197 26,924,622 6,928,934