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Ataluren 250mg granules for oral suspension sachets

Secondary Care Medicines Data (SCMD) · indicative cost
Data updated April 2026

NHS hospitals in England used £23,745,096 of indicative cost of Ataluren 250mg granules for oral suspension sachets in the 12 months to April 2026, about 0.1% of all hospital medicines spend. That is up 9.7% on the previous 12 months.

£23,745,096 +9.7%

Indicative cost · 12 months

140,670units

Quantity (VMP units) · 12 months

0.1%

Share of hospital medicines spend

Figure 1. Ataluren 250mg granules for oral suspension sachets: NHS hospital indicative cost by month (£ millions)

£0m £1.4m £2.8m Oct 2023 Mar 2024 Aug 2024 Jan 2025 Jun 2025 Nov 2025 Apr 2026 £1.5m Oct 2023: £1.8m Nov 2023: £1.7m Dec 2023: £1.7m Jan 2024: £1.3m Feb 2024: £0.8m Mar 2024: £2.2m Apr 2024: £2.1m May 2024: £1.1m Jun 2024: £1.5m Jul 2024: £2.4m Aug 2024: £1.7m Sep 2024: £1.7m Oct 2024: £1.5m Nov 2024: £2.0m Dec 2024: £1.7m Jan 2025: £2.3m Feb 2025: £1.9m Mar 2025: £2.3m Apr 2025: £1.5m May 2025: £1.6m Jun 2025: £2.4m Jul 2025: £2.5m Aug 2025: £1.7m Sep 2025: £1.6m Oct 2025: £2.8m Nov 2025: £1.5m Dec 2025: £2.0m Jan 2026: £2.8m Feb 2026: £1.5m Mar 2026: £1.9m Apr 2026: £1.5m

Source: NHSBSA Secondary Care Medicines Data, to April 2026

Cost is indicative — actual hospital medicine prices are commercially confidential, so these figures are estimated from list prices. See methodology.

NHS trusts using Ataluren 250mg granules for oral suspension sachets most

By indicative cost over the 12 months to April 2026.

NHS trusts using Ataluren 250mg granules for oral suspension sachets most, by indicative cost
NHS trustIndicative cost (12 months)
Cambridge Univ Hosp Nhs Foundation Trust £2,111,688
Alder Hey Childrens Nhs Foundation Trust £1,828,104
Sheffield Children's Nhs Ft £1,635,672
Manchester University Nhs Ft £1,564,776
Lancashire T/Ing Hsp Nhs Foundation Trus £1,488,816
Nottingham University Hospitals Trust £1,397,664
University Hospital Southampton Nhs Ft £1,367,280
Guy's & St Thomas' Nhs Foundation Trust £1,271,064
The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hpl Nhs Found Tr £1,048,248
University College London Foundation Tr £1,048,248

The primary-care picture

No confident match to a community-dispensed medicine was found for this product, so no primary-care comparison is shown. SCMD products are recorded at product level, which does not always map cleanly to a BNF substance.