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Axicabtagene ciloleucel 40million-200million cells/68ml dispersion for infusion bags

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

NHS hospitals in England used £66,466,887 of indicative cost of Axicabtagene ciloleucel 40million-200million cells/68ml dispersion for infusion bags in the 12 months to April 2026, about 0.3% of all hospital medicines spend. That is down 33.6% on the previous 12 months.

£66,466,887 -33.6%

Indicative cost · 12 months

16,116units

Quantity (VMP units) · 12 months

0.3%

Share of hospital medicines spend

Figure 1. Axicabtagene ciloleucel 40million-200million cells/68ml dispersion for infusion bags: NHS hospital indicative cost by month (£ millions)

£0m £23.8m £47.7m Dec 2021 Aug 2022 Apr 2023 Dec 2023 Aug 2024 Apr 2025 Apr 2026 £3.4m Dec 2021: £4.5m Jan 2022: £5.3m Feb 2022: £3.9m Mar 2022: £5.9m Apr 2022: £5.1m May 2022: £4.2m Jun 2022: £5.6m Jul 2022: £4.2m Aug 2022: £4.8m Sep 2022: £4.8m Oct 2022: £5.1m Nov 2022: £5.9m Dec 2022: £6.7m Jan 2023: £5.3m Feb 2023: £2.8m Mar 2023: £7.0m Apr 2023: £2.8m May 2023: £7.6m Jun 2023: £10.9m Jul 2023: £10.7m Aug 2023: £10.7m Sep 2023: £8.7m Oct 2023: £9.5m Nov 2023: £7.0m Dec 2023: £5.1m Jan 2024: £8.1m Feb 2024: £44.9m Mar 2024: £47.7m Apr 2024: £5.1m May 2024: £26.9m Jun 2024: £5.3m Jul 2024: £7.3m Aug 2024: £6.5m Sep 2024: £6.5m Oct 2024: £4.5m Nov 2024: £8.1m Dec 2024: £8.4m Jan 2025: £9.0m Feb 2025: £2.8m Mar 2025: £7.6m Apr 2025: £7.3m May 2025: £6.2m Jun 2025: £4.2m Jul 2025: £6.7m Aug 2025: £6.5m Sep 2025: £6.5m Oct 2025: £6.2m Nov 2025: £7.0m Dec 2025: £5.6m Jan 2026: £5.6m Feb 2026: £4.5m Mar 2026: £4.2m Apr 2026: £3.4m

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 Axicabtagene ciloleucel 40million-200million cells/68ml dispersion for infusion bags most

By indicative cost over the 12 months to April 2026.

NHS trusts using Axicabtagene ciloleucel 40million-200million cells/68ml dispersion for infusion bags most, by indicative cost
NHS trustIndicative cost (12 months)
Univ Hpl B/Ham Nhs Foundation Trust £8,693,981
King's College Hpl Nhs Foundation Trust £6,169,922
Oxford University Hospitals Nhs Ft £5,609,020
University College London Foundation Tr £5,328,569
Cambridge Univ Hosp Nhs Foundation Trust £4,487,216
The Royal Marsden Nhs Foundation Trust £4,206,765
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre Nhs Ft £4,206,765
Manchester University Nhs Ft £3,365,412
University Hospitals Plymouth Nhs Trust £3,365,412
Barts Health Nhs Trust £2,804,510

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.