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Table 2 Price variation among categories of anticancer agents

From: Price variation among different brands of anticancer medicines available in hospital pharmacies of Nepal

Category

N

Median

IQR

Minimum

Maximum

Minimum Variation Found

Maximum Variation Found

Alkylating agents

65

1920.00

3515.20

51.20

12,000.00

Cyclophosphamide 500 mg inj 3.33%

Temozolomide 100 mg 307.70%

Antimetabolites

48

6480.00

8729.54

187.36

48,000.00

Cytosine Arabinoside

(Cytarabine) 500 mg Inj 0%

Pemetrexed 500 mg 134.00%

Natural products

77

5030.00

9017.60

80.48

36,241.92

Doxorubicin (liposomal) inj 9.58%

Irinotecan 100 mg 590.30%

Hormonal Therapy

10

53.20

44.32

4.32

92.22

Tamoxifen 20 mg capsule 13.88%

Letrozole 2.5 mg tablet 200.00%

Monoclonal antibody

12

40,441.69

32,108.32

12,756.80

99,270.12

Rituximab 100, 500 mg inj 0%

Trastuzumab 440 mg 72.73%.

Miscellaneous agents

28

550.40

1000.51

112.64

20,639.98

Imatinib 400 mg capsule 43.75%.

Bortezomib 2 mg injection 240.87%

Total

240

     Â