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Table 2 Overall description of included recommendations

From: Factors associated with positive and negative recommendations for cancer and non-cancer drugs for rare diseases in Canada

Factors

n

Positive recommendations

% Positive

p-value

All

103

82

79.6

Therapeutic class of drug

   

0.711

 Alimentary tract & metabolism

11

10

90.9

 Antineoplastic & immunomodulating

78

61

78.2

 Others

14

11

78.6

Type of condition

   

0.879

 Cancer

66

53

80.3

 Endocrine

16

12

75.0

 Others

21

17

80.9

Type of submission

   

0.070

 New

92

71

77.2

 Resubmission

11

11

100.0