Wednesday 03 July 2024
Internal Reference Number: FOI_7733
Date Request Received: 08/02/2024 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 09/02/2024 00:00:00
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Request Summary: High-cost drugs in Ophthalmology
Request Category: Private Individuals
| Question Number 1: For the 4 months from September to December 2023, how many patients received the following intra-vitreal treatments for any eye condition: Aflibercept Bevacizumab Brolucizumab Dexamethasone Faricimab Ranibizumab - Lucentis Ranibizumab - Ongavia | |
| Answer To Question 1: Aflibercept 601 Bevacizumab <5 Brolucizumab 0 Dexamethasone 15 Faricimab 292 Ranibizumab – Lucentis <5 Ranibizumab – Ongavia 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 | |
| Answer To Question 2: Aflibercept 58 Bevacizumab <5 Brolucizumab n/a Dexamethasone <5 Faricimab 19 Ranibizumab – Lucentis 0 Ranibizumab – Ongavia n/a | |
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