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. 2021 Apr 15;38(5):2613–2630. doi: 10.1007/s12325-021-01656-3

Table 2.

Drug costs

Drug	Vials		Dosing
Drug	Size, mg	Unit cost^a, AR$	Schedule	Cost per dose^b, AR$
Pembrolizumab	100	202,655.24	200 mg, Q3W (up to 35 cycles)	405,310.48
Cetuximab	100	27,447.35	Loading dose: 400 mg/m²	219,573.50
Cetuximab	500	137,231.46	Subsequent: 250 mg/m² weekly	137,231.46
Cisplatin	10	453.14	100 mg/m², Q3W (up to 6 cycles)	7,635.09
Cisplatin	50	1,940.84	100 mg/m², Q3W (up to 6 cycles)	7,635.09
Carboplatin	600	8,894.07	AUC 5 mg/m², Q3W (up to 6 cycles)	8,894.07
5-FU	500	368.74	1000 mg/m² for four days, Q3W	5,531.14

Q3W once every 3 weeks, 5-FU 5-fluorouracil, AUC area under curve

AR $74 = 1 USD = 0.84 euro. Ex-factory public prices from AlfaBeta, August 28, 2020

^aEx-factory price (57% of public prices to exclude taxes and logistic costs not applicable to oncology medications)

^bBased on an average patient with a body surface area of 1.81 m²