Internal Reference Number: FOI_8213
Date Request Received: 18/10/2024 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 23/10/2024 00:00:00
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Request Summary: High-cost drugs in Ophthalmology
Request Category: Researcher
Question Number 1: For the 4 months from May to August 2024, how many unique patients received the following intra-vitreal treatments for any eye condition: Aflibercept Bevacizumab Brolucizumab Dexamethasone Faricimab Ranibizumab - Lucentis Ranibizumab – Ongavia Ranibizumab - Ximluci | |
Answer To Question 1: Aflibercept 580 Bevacizumab 10 Brolucizumab 0 Dexamethasone 13 Faricimab 325 Ranibizumab - Lucentis 0 Ranibizumab – Ongavia 0 Ranibizumab – Ximluci 0 | |
Question Number 2: For the patients above, how many were new to intra-vitreal treatment? Please provide the patient numbers by the treatments listed below, excluding patients who previously had received any of these treatments. Aflibercept Bevacizumab Brolucizumab Dexamethasone Faricimab Ranibizumab - Lucentis Ranibizumab – Ongavia Ranibizumab - Ximluci | |
Answer To Question 2: Aflibercept 64 Bevacizumab 6 Brolucizumab 0 Dexamethasone <5 Faricimab 38 Ranibizumab - Lucentis 0 Ranibizumab – Ongavia 0 Ranibizumab - Ximluci 0 | |
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