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Lixisenatide vs Glucose blood testing reagents

National NHS prescribing compared (Prescription Cost Analysis)
Data updated December 2025

Glucose blood testing reagents was dispensed 396,242.0× as often as Lixisenatide in December 2025 — 396,242 items versus 1 in England.

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Lixisenatide · December 2025

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

396,242items

Glucose blood testing reagents · December 2025

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

Figure 1. Lixisenatide versus Glucose blood testing reagents: national items dispensed by month

▬ Lixisenatide   ·   ╌ Glucose blood testing reagents

0 284k 568k Jan 2021 Oct 2021 Jul 2022 Apr 2023 Jan 2024 Oct 2024 Dec 2025 Glucose blood te… 1 Jan 2021: 2k Feb 2021: 2k Mar 2021: 2k Apr 2021: 2k May 2021: 2k Jun 2021: 2k Jul 2021: 2k Aug 2021: 2k Sep 2021: 2k Oct 2021: 2k Nov 2021: 2k Dec 2021: 2k Jan 2022: 2k Feb 2022: 2k Mar 2022: 2k Apr 2022: 2k May 2022: 2k Jun 2022: 1k Jul 2022: 1k Aug 2022: 1k Sep 2022: 1k Oct 2022: 1k Nov 2022: 1k Dec 2022: 1k Jan 2023: 1k Feb 2023: 1k Mar 2023: 1k Apr 2023: 970 May 2023: 1k Jun 2023: 1k Jul 2023: 1k Aug 2023: 1k Sep 2023: 946 Oct 2023: 942 Nov 2023: 922 Dec 2023: 619 Jan 2024: 346 Feb 2024: 239 Mar 2024: 184 Apr 2024: 126 May 2024: 93 Jun 2024: 64 Jul 2024: 41 Aug 2024: 25 Sep 2024: 15 Oct 2024: 18 Nov 2024: 8 Dec 2024: 6 Jan 2025: 6 Feb 2025: 14 Mar 2025: 5 Apr 2025: 3 May 2025: 3 Jun 2025: 3 Jul 2025: 11 Aug 2025: 3 Sep 2025: 2 Oct 2025: 1 Nov 2025: 2 Dec 2025: 1

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to December 2025

Lixisenatide versus Glucose blood testing reagents, December 2025
Measure Lixisenatide Glucose blood testing reagents
Items, December 2025 1 396,242
Items, last 12 months 54 5,101,256
Net ingredient cost, December 2025 £58 £5,188,321

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