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. 2022 Dec 17;12:11016. doi: 10.7189/jogh.12.11016

Table 5.

Affordability of 17 anticancer medicines before and after the national drug price negotiation policy

Generic name Annual duration of treatment (month) Before NDPN
After NDPN


Annual cost (US$)
Affordability ratio
Annual cost (US$)
Affordability ratio
Afatinib
11.0 [33]
16 406.75
6.36
2992.11
1.16
Axitinib
8.3 [34]
53 281.35
20.67
4673.41
1.81
Azacitidine
12.0 [35]
42 484.59
16.48
5122.43
1.99
Anlotinib
5.4 [36]
14 460.06
5.61
2384.44
0.93
Octreotide
12.0 [37]
17 497.51
6.79
3155.32
1.22
Osimertinib
8.2 [38]
65 427.51
25.38
5687.73
2.21
Crizotinib
7.7 [39]
62 275.82
24.16
5445.64
2.11
Nilotinib
12.0 [40]
33 094.57
12.84
3134.06
1.22
Pegaspargase
12.0 [41]
11 992.63
4.65
2161.57
0.84
Pazopanib
9.2 [42]
32 615.83
12.65
3403.39
1.32
Regorafenib
4.8 [43]
21 934.90
8.51
3582.70
1.39
Ceritinib
5.4 [44]
36 721.37
14.25
4362.50
1.69
Sunitinib
5.6 [45]
22 899.63
8.88
2274.73
0.88
Vemurafenib
6.9 [46]
52 051.86
20.19
8408.38
3.26
Cetuximab
9.2 [47]
107 835.71
41.83
9880.70
3.83
Ibrutinib
12.0 [48]
119 140.45
46.22
12 509.75
4.85
Ixazomib
12.0 [49]
50 049.87
19.42
8050.96
3.12
Mean (SD) 44 715.90 (30913.02) 17.35 (11.99) 5131.17 (2956.45) 1.99 (1.15)

NDPN – national drug price negotiation, SD – standard deviation