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Daratumumab 1.8g/15ml solution for injection vials

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

NHS hospitals in England used £519,857,712 of indicative cost of Daratumumab 1.8g/15ml solution for injection vials in the 12 months to April 2026, about 2.0% of all hospital medicines spend. That is up 14.7% on the previous 12 months.

£519,857,712 +14.7%

Indicative cost · 12 months

1,805,062units

Quantity (VMP units) · 12 months

2.0%

Share of hospital medicines spend

Figure 1. Daratumumab 1.8g/15ml solution for injection vials: NHS hospital indicative cost by month (£ millions)

£0m £24.1m £48.2m Apr 2021 Jan 2022 Oct 2022 Jul 2023 Apr 2024 Jan 2025 Apr 2026 £42.3m Apr 2021: £12.2m May 2021: £11.9m Jun 2021: £12.8m Jul 2021: £13.0m Aug 2021: £12.6m Sep 2021: £12.7m Oct 2021: £12.6m Nov 2021: £13.0m Dec 2021: £12.8m Jan 2022: £12.1m Feb 2022: £13.8m Mar 2022: £18.1m Apr 2022: £18.1m May 2022: £19.4m Jun 2022: £19.0m Jul 2022: £18.9m Aug 2022: £20.6m Sep 2022: £20.3m Oct 2022: £19.1m Nov 2022: £21.2m Dec 2022: £21.2m Jan 2023: £21.2m Feb 2023: £20.6m Mar 2023: £23.3m Apr 2023: £20.2m May 2023: £22.1m Jun 2023: £22.8m Jul 2023: £21.8m Aug 2023: £23.2m Sep 2023: £21.0m Oct 2023: £21.9m Nov 2023: £23.8m Dec 2023: £23.4m Jan 2024: £27.6m Feb 2024: £27.1m Mar 2024: £28.5m Apr 2024: £31.1m May 2024: £33.3m Jun 2024: £31.5m Jul 2024: £36.9m Aug 2024: £36.7m Sep 2024: £35.0m Oct 2024: £39.1m Nov 2024: £37.8m Dec 2024: £38.5m Jan 2025: £40.7m Feb 2025: £41.9m Mar 2025: £40.0m Apr 2025: £42m May 2025: £42.2m Jun 2025: £42.0m Jul 2025: £48.2m Aug 2025: £43.2m Sep 2025: £45.2m Oct 2025: £46.1m Nov 2025: £40.6m Dec 2025: £44.5m Jan 2026: £41.1m Feb 2026: £39.9m Mar 2026: £44.6m Apr 2026: £42.3m

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 Daratumumab 1.8g/15ml solution for injection vials most

By indicative cost over the 12 months to April 2026.

NHS trusts using Daratumumab 1.8g/15ml solution for injection vials most, by indicative cost
NHS trustIndicative cost (12 months)
Western Sussex Hospitals Nhs Found Trust £11,638,080
Southend Univ Hosp Nhs Foundation Trust £11,547,360
United Lincolnshire Hospitals Nhs Trust £10,899,360
University College London Foundation Tr £10,635,840
Barts Health Nhs Trust £9,650,880
Colchester Hospital University Nhs Ft £9,542,880
Derby Teaching Hospitals Nhs Found Trust £9,491,040
University Hpls Of Leicester Nhs Trust £9,288,000
Norfolk & Norwich University Hpl Nhs Trt £9,223,200
University Hpls North Midlands Nhs Trust £8,817,120

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.