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. 2022 Nov 24;10:1062736. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.1062736

Table 6.

Extra-list drugs with evidence from phase III clinical trial.

Generic name Indication Date of marketing Whether in the formal review list The main reasons for negative reimbursement decision
Olaparib tablets Metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer Jun. 16th, 2021 Yes (2021) Already in NRDL, applying for another indication, need to reduce price again
Osimertinib mesylate tablets Non-small-cell lung cancer Apr. 7th, 2021 No Already in NRDL, applying for another indication, need to reduce price again
Lenvatinib mesilate capsules Thyroid carcinoma Nov. 4th, 2020 No Already in NRDL, applying for another indication, need to reduce price again
Pertuzumab injection Unresectable or metastatic HER2-low breast cancer Dec. 6th, 2019 Yes (2021) Competing products with the same indication in NRDL,such as Trastuzumab Emtansine for Injection;
Already in NRDL, applying for another indication, need to reduce price again
Atezolizumab injection Hepatocellular carcinoma Oct. 28th, 2020 No Competing products, Donafenib Tosilate Tablets and Lenvatinib Mesilate Capsules with the same indication in NRDL,
Enzalutamide soft capsules Non-Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer Nov. 2nd, 2020 No Competing products, Apalutamide Tablets and Darolutamide Tablets with the same indication in NRDL;
Gilteritinib fumarate tablets Acute myeloid leukemia Jan. 30th, 2021 No Competing product, Azacitidine for Injection, with the same indication in NRDL
Pralatrexate injection Peripheral T cell lymphoma Aug. 26th, 2020 Yes (2020, 2021) Competing product, Trastuzumab Emtansine for Injection, with the same indication in NRDL
Venetoclax tablets Acute myeloid leukemia Dec. 2nd, 2020 Yes (2021) Competing product, Azacitidine for Injection, with the same indication in NRDL,
Trastuzumab emtansine for injection HER2-positive early breast cancer Jan. 21st, 2020 Yes (2020) Competing product, Azacitidine for Injection, with the same indication in NRDL
Palbociclib capsules Receptor (HR)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative advanced or metastatic breast cancer Jul. 31st, 2018 Yes (2020, 2021) Competing product, Abemaciclib Tablets, with the same indication in NRDL
Trifluridine and tipiracil hydrochloride tablets Metastatic colorectal cancer Aug. 29th, 2019 Yes (2020, 2021) Competing products, Fruquintinib Capsules and Regorafenib Tablets, with the same indication in NRDL
Nivolumab injection Gastric cancer and adenocarcinoma of esophagogastric junction Mar. 12th, 2020 Yes (2020, 2021) Competing product, Regorafenib Tablets, with the same indication in NRDL
Pembrolizumab injection Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck Dec. 8th, 2020 Yes (2021) Competing product, Regorafenib Tablets, with the same indication in NRDL;
Negotiations failed due to high price
Nivolumab injection Malignant pleural mesothelioma Jun. 8th, 2021 Yes (2021) Negotiations failed due to high price
Pembrolizumab injection Non-small-cell lung cancera Mar. 28th, 2019 Yes (2021) Negotiations failed due to high price
Pembrolizumab injection Non-small-cell lung cancerb Sept. 29th, 2019 Yes (2021) Negotiations failed due to high price
Pembrolizumab injection Non-small-cell lung cancerc Nov. 22nd, 2019 Yes (2021) Negotiations failed due to high price
Pembrolizumab injection Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma Jun. 17th, 2020 Yes (2021) Negotiations failed due to high price
Ipilimumab injection Malignant pleural mesothelioma Jun. 8th, 2021 Yes (2021) Negotiations failed due to high price
Atezolizumab injection Small cell lung cancer Feb. 13th, 2020 Yes (2020) Reasons not disclosed
Durvalumab injection Non-small-cell lung cancer Dec. 6th, 2019 Yes (2020,2021) Reasons not disclosed
Lenalidomide capsules Multiple myeloma Dec. 20th, 2017 No Reasons not disclosed
Lenalidomide capsules Lymphoma Nov. 17th, 2020 No Reasons not disclosed
Nivolumab injection Non-small cell lung cancer Jun. 15th, 2018 Yes (2020,2021) Reasons not disclosed
Nivolumab injection Squamous cell carcinoma of neck Sept. 29th, 2019 Yes (2020,2021) Reasons not disclosed
Plerixafor injection Lymphoma Nov. 30th, 2018 Yes (2020) Reasons not disclosed
Plerixafor injection Multiple myeloma Aug. 26th, 2020 Yes (2020) Reasons not disclosed
Brentuximab vedotin for injection Lymphoma Apr. 13th, 2021 Yes (2020,2021) Reasons not disclosed
Radium chloride [223Ra] Prostatic cancer Aug.26th, 2020 No Reasons not disclosed
Blinatumomab for injection Leukemia Dec. 2nd, 2020 Yes (2021) Reasons not disclosed

a Pembrolizumab in combination with pemetrexed and platinum chemotherapy, is indicated for first-line treatment of patients with metastatic non-squamous NSCLC, with no EGFR or ALK genomic tumor aberrations.

b Pembrolizumab is indicated as a single agent for the first-line treatment of patients with NSCLC expressing PD-L1 [Tumor Proportion Score (TPS) ≥1%] as determined by an NMPA-approved test, with no EGFR or ALK genomic tumor aberrations.

c Pembrolizumab in combination with carboplatin and paclitaxel, is indicated for first-line treatment of patients with metastatic squamous NSCLC.