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Dimethyl fumarate 240mg gastro-resistant capsules

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

NHS hospitals in England used £99,553,998 of indicative cost of Dimethyl fumarate 240mg gastro-resistant capsules in the 12 months to April 2026, about 0.4% of all hospital medicines spend. That is down 4.0% on the previous 12 months.

£99,553,998 -4%

Indicative cost · 12 months

4,129,794units

Quantity (VMP units) · 12 months

0.4%

Share of hospital medicines spend

Figure 1. Dimethyl fumarate 240mg gastro-resistant capsules: NHS hospital indicative cost by month (£ millions)

£0m £6.8m £13.6m Apr 2021 Jan 2022 Oct 2022 Jul 2023 Apr 2024 Jan 2025 Apr 2026 £7.1m Apr 2021: £11.8m May 2021: £11.1m Jun 2021: £11.5m Jul 2021: £11.7m Aug 2021: £11.0m Sep 2021: £12.1m Oct 2021: £11.8m Nov 2021: £12.9m Dec 2021: £10.6m Jan 2022: £12.8m Feb 2022: £11.5m Mar 2022: £13.6m Apr 2022: £10.9m May 2022: £11.8m Jun 2022: £11.1m Jul 2022: £12.0m Aug 2022: £12.1m Sep 2022: £10.6m Oct 2022: £12.8m Nov 2022: £11.7m Dec 2022: £11.3m Jan 2023: £13.0m Feb 2023: £10.0m Mar 2023: £12.3m Apr 2023: £9.9m May 2023: £10.9m Jun 2023: £12.5m Jul 2023: £10.4m Aug 2023: £10.9m Sep 2023: £10.9m Oct 2023: £11.1m Nov 2023: £11.5m Dec 2023: £9.4m Jan 2024: £11.1m Feb 2024: £10.0m Mar 2024: £9.6m Apr 2024: £9.9m May 2024: £9.2m Jun 2024: £9.1m Jul 2024: £9.0m Aug 2024: £8.6m Sep 2024: £8.3m Oct 2024: £9.6m Nov 2024: £8.0m Dec 2024: £8.3m Jan 2025: £9.6m Feb 2025: £7.6m Mar 2025: £7.7m Apr 2025: £8.8m May 2025: £8.0m Jun 2025: £8.8m Jul 2025: £10.2m Aug 2025: £9.0m Sep 2025: £8.2m Oct 2025: £8.4m Nov 2025: £7.6m Dec 2025: £8.2m Jan 2026: £8.0m Feb 2026: £7.2m Mar 2026: £8.9m Apr 2026: £7.1m

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 Dimethyl fumarate 240mg gastro-resistant capsules most

By indicative cost over the 12 months to April 2026.

NHS trusts using Dimethyl fumarate 240mg gastro-resistant capsules most, by indicative cost
NHS trustIndicative cost (12 months)
University College London Foundation Tr £4,934,712
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Nhs Trust £4,369,818
University Hospital Southampton Nhs Ft £4,047,701
The Walton Centre Nhs Foundation Trust £3,928,515
Leeds Teaching Hpls Nhs Trust £3,890,429
Salford Royal Nhs Foundation Trust £3,845,043
Cambridge Univ Hosp Nhs Foundation Trust £3,557,274
Nottingham University Hospitals Trust £3,110,110
University Hpls Of Leicester Nhs Trust £2,857,003
Imperial College Healthcare Nhs Trust £2,786,887

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.