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. 2022 Feb 14;20:7. doi: 10.1186/s12962-022-00339-2

Table 1.

Pharmaceutical costs

Administration Strength/pack Hospital prices—5%, unit cost (€) Cost per mg (€)
Irinotecana IV 20 mg/ml × 15 ml 147.31 0.47
Folinic acida IV 10 mg/ml × 20 ml 11.2 0.03
Fluorouracila IV 50 mg/ml × 100 ml 14.14 0.0028
Cetuximab IV 5 mg/ml × 20 ml 132.26 1.32
Panitumumab IV 20 mg/ml × 20 ml 1100.28 2.75
Bevacizumab IV 25 mg/ml × 4ml 204.52 2.05
Aflibercept Intravitreal 25 mg/ml × 4 ml 250.27 2.50
Oxaliplatin IV 5 mg/ml × 10 ml 19.82 0.40
Capecitabine Oral 150 mg/tab × 60 tabs 10.66 0.002
Nivolumab IV 10 mg/ml × 24 ml 2106.87 8.78
Pembrolizumab IV 25 mg/ml × 4 ml 2229.89 22.30
Encorafenib Oral 75 mg/ml × 42 caps 1046.92 0.33
Tas102 (Trifluridine-tiporacil) Oral (15 + 6.14) mg/tab × 20 tabs 445.92 1.05
Regorafenib Oral 40 mg/tab × 84 tabs 1884.71 0.56
Mitomycin-C IV 2 mg/vial × 10 vials 15.91 0.84

For dosing schedules dependent on body weight or surface area, an average body weight of 70.7 kg and body surface area of 1.79 m2 were used

aIn the cases of Irinotecan, Folinic acid and Fluorouracil the cost per mg reflects the average price of generics/off patent which was used in the analysis