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Table 2 Orphan drugs with highest number of users, highest prices and highest budget impact (2012)

From: Orphan drugs expenditure in the Netherlands in the period 2006–2012

Rank

INN

Trade name

Setting

Patients

 

1

Imatinib

Glivec®

Outpatient

1,485

 

2

Lenalidomide

Revlimid®

Outpatient

1,089

 

3

Sildenafil

Revatio®

Outpatient

1,052

 

4

Thalidomide

Thalidomide Cellgene®

Outpatient

1,030

 

5

Bosentan

Tracleer®

Outpatient

901

 

Rank

INN

Trade name

Setting

Cost/Patient

 

1

Galsulfase

Naglazyme®

Inpatient

€600,000

 

1

Idursulfase

Elaprase®

Inpatient

€600,000

 

3

Alglucosidase alfa

Myzoyme®

Inpatient

€474,857*

 

4

Eculizumab

Soliris®

Inpatient

€358,000

 

5

Aldurazyme

Laronidase®

Inpatient

€300,000

 

Rank

INN

Trade name

Setting

Budget impact (millions)

Cumulative budget impact 2006–2012 (millions)

1

Alglucosidase alfa

Myozyme®

Inpatient

€40.3

€203.4

2

Imatinib

Glivec®

Outpatient

€36.4

€251.2

3

Lenalidomide

Revlimid®

Outpatient

€36.2

€127.4

4

Bosentan

Tracleer®

Outpatient

€23.0

€132.4

5

Pegvisomant

Somavert®

Outpatient

€14.3

€72.5