Table 2:

Therapeutic evaluations by the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board

No. of drugs that received an evaluation; classificationNo. of drugs that did not receive an evaluation; reason
Breakthrough or substantial improvementModerate, little or no improvement (evaluated before 2010)Slight or no improvement (evaluated from 2010 onward)Approved before 1988Approved from 2015 onward and not in most recent reportOther
2229947*
  • * One drug was not evaluated because it was approved for a second indication, for 1 the approval date unknown, and the reason there was no evaluation is unknown for the other 5.