Table.

Number of originalnew drugs (January 1997 – July 2003) and ten-day treatment cost of different therapeutic categories (in USD – 2004).

Therapeutic category	Number of new drug	Tenrday treatment cost (in USD)
		median	mean	range
Antineoplastic	13	848	1,455	41 – 4,182
Respiratory/Allergy	8	301	264	7 – 1,300
Cardiovascular	16	184	969	14–7,912
Anemia/Water/Electrotytes	5	138	294	43–959
Infectious diseases	18	137	468	14 −3,682
Endocrinology	6	129	547	11 – 1,685
Skindiseases	4	120	101	12–158
Gastrointestinal	7	65	113	43–390
Ophthalmology	9	51	334	32–1,687
Central nervous system	23	50	64	9–180
Gynecology/Urology	10	38	106	12–532
Musculoskeletal	5	29	81	23–202