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. 2021 Aug 30;51(4):1791–1799. doi: 10.3906/sag-2012-355

Table 3.

Distribution of main diagnosis groups based on their biotechnological or small-molecule drug status.

Main diagnosis group Biotechnological drugs Small-molecule drugs
n (%) The most frequent drug, (%*) n (%) The most frequent drug, (%*)
Certain infectious and parasitic diseases  12 (0.7) Interferon beta-1a, (41.7) 85 (3.0) Valganciclovir, (44.7)
Neoplasms  208 (12.2) Bevacizumab, (21.6) 579 (20.7) Isotretinoin, (11.9)
Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism  350 (20.5) Eculizumab, (50.0) 222 (7.9) Eltrombopag, (26.6)
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases 578 (33.9) Canakinumab, (31.7) 761 (27.2) Sapropterin, (25.1)
Diseases of the nervous system  34 (2.0) Rituximab, (41.2) 205 (7.3) Ataluren, (22.0)
Diseases of the eye and adnexa  2 (0.1) Rituximab, (100.0) 14 (0.5) Idebenone, (35.7)
Diseases of the circulatory system  6 (0.4) Dornase alfa, (50,0) 431 (15.4) Iloprost, (32.7)
Diseases of the respiratory system  5 (0.3) Dornase alfa, (40,0) 2 (0.1) Pamidronic acid, (50.0)
Diseases of the digestive system  14 (0.8) Denosumab, (50.0) 22 (0.8) Mycophenolate, (36.4)
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue  5 (0.3) Intravenous immunoglobulin, (20.0) 9 (0.3) Flutamide, (44.4)
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue  330 (19.4) Adalimumab, (29.7) 89 (3.2) Mycophenolate, (69.7)
Diseases of the genitourinary system  127 (7.5) Rituximab, (84.3) 249 (8.9) Mycophenolate, (56.6)
Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period  1 (0.1) Factor VIII inhibitor bypassing activity, (100.0) 54 (1.9) Calcium folinate, (29.6)
Congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities  32 (1.9) Somatropin, (96.9) 75 (2.7) Sirolimus, (36.0)
Total 1704 (100.0) Canakinumab, (15.3) 2797 (100.0) Mycophenolate, (9.8)

*Percentage of drugs that are used in the diagnosis group column below.