Cost effectiveness of vildagliptin versus glimepiride as add-on treatment to metformin for the treatment of diabetes mellitus type 2 patients in Greece

Table 3 Drug costs

	Annual cost (€)
Metformin	42.10
Metformin + vildagliptin	593.86
Glimepiride	35.83
Metformin + glimepiride	77.93
Basal insulin	539.16
Metformin + basal insulin	581.26
Intensive insulin	494.76
Metformin + intensive insulin^a	1118.11

^aThe cost of metformin + intensive insulin is calculated on top of the cost of metformin + basal insulin

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