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Table 3 Cancer medications in the 19th EML with median purchase price and formulations available

From: Country and regional variations in purchase prices for essential cancer medications

Essential Cancer Drug

Median Price

Oral

Injectable

Allopurinol

$1.56

X

 

All-Trans Retinoid Acid

Not Available

X

 

Anastrazole

$6.40

X

 

Asparaginase

$42.58

 

X

Azathioprine

$14.28

X

X

Bendamustine

Not Available

 

X

Bicalutamide

$17.61

X

 

Bleomycin

$18.24

 

X

Calcium Folinate

$15.98

X

X

Capecitabine

$354.04

X

 

Carboplatin

$26.49

 

X

Chlorambucil

$32.83

X

 

Ciclosporin

$88.64

X

 

Cisplatin

$8.47

 

X

Cyclophosphamide

$13.00

X

X

Cytarabine

$4.27

 

X

Dacarbazine

$14.50

 

X

Dactinomycin

$25.23

 

X

Daunorubicin

$6.08

 

X

Dexamethasone

$2.01

 

X

Docetaxel

$44.65

 

X

Doxorubicin

$7.53

 

X

Etoposide

$4.57

X

X

Filgrastim

$52.11

 

X

Fludarabine

$91.46

X

X

Fluorouracil

$1.86

 

X

Gemcitabine

$25.85

 

X

Hydrocortisone

$1.96

 

X

Hydroxycarbamide

$16.67

X

 

Ifosfamide

$25.01

 

X

Imatinib

$75.41

X

 

Irinotecan

Not Available

 

X

Leuprorelin

Not Available

 

X

Mercaptopurine

$55.90

X

 

Mesna

$3.47

X

X

Methotrexate

$9.00

X

X

Methylprednisolone

$9.06

 

X

Oxaliplatin

$44.55

 

X

Paclitaxel

$14.85

 

X

Prednisolone

$7.18

X

 

Procarbazine

Not Available

X

 

Rituximab

$413.53

 

X

Tamoxifen

$5.24

X

 

Tioguanine

$102.83

X

 

Trastuzumab

$1800.00

 

X

Vinblastine

$14.75

 

X

Vincristine

$3.53

 

X

Vinorelbine

$18.10

 

X