Table 4:

Cost per dose of chronic hepatitis B treatment

Drug	Province/territory;^* cost, $
Drug	British Columbia^†^‡	Alberta	Saskatchewan	Manitoba	Ontario^†	Quebec	Nova Scotia^†	Newfoundland and Labrador^§	Yukon Territory
Lamivudine^¶	5.17	4.79	4.79	–	–	4.56	–	5.22	4.71
Originator price	3.81	3.53	3.53	–	3.53	3.53	3.53	3.85	3.53
Generic price
Adefovir^¶	26.28	23.84	24.34	–	–	23.22	–	26.53	24.34
Originator price	20.28	18.25	18.25	–	20.44	18.25	20.44	22.28	–
Generic price
Tenofovir^**	–	18.49	18.77	25.51	19.55	17.29	–	21.34	18.77
Originator price	5.28	4.89	4.89	4.89	4.89	4.89	4.89	5.33	4.89
Generic price
Entecavir	23.76	22.00	22.00	–	–	22.00	–	23.98	22.00
Originator price	5.94	5.50	5.50	16.50	16.50	5.50	5.50	5.99	5.50
Generic price
Emtricitabine–tenofovir	–	–	27.70	29.21	29.21	26.10	26.10	31.84	24.83
Originator price	–	–	7.30	7.30	7.30	7.30	7.30	7.96	–
Generic price
Interferon	Alfa-2b^††	Pegylated interferon 2a	Alfa-2b^††	–	Alfa-2b^††	Pegylated interferon 2a	–	Alfa-2b^††	–
Originator price	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Generic price	135.89	407.39	125.82		145.84	395.84		659.31

↵* New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island do not report cost.
↵† Maximum price paid.
↵‡ List price + 5%–8%.
↵§ List price + 8.5%.
↵¶ Only Apo generic.
↵** Apo, Teva, Mylan, Auro.
↵†† Cost for 10 MU dosing.