Cost-effectiveness of liraglutide versus lixisenatide as add-on therapies to basal insulin in type 2 diabetes.

We assessed the cost-effectiveness of the glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists liraglutide 1.8 mg and lixisenatide 20 μg (both added to basal insulin) in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) in Sweden.The Swedish Institute for Health Economics cohort model for T2D was used to compare liraglutide...

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Main Authors: Åsa Ericsson, Divina Glah, Maria Lorenzi, Jeroen P Jansen, Adam Fridhammar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5800677?pdf=render