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Emtricitabine 200mg / Tenofovir disoproxil 245mg tablets

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

NHS hospitals in England used £241,311,354 of indicative cost of Emtricitabine 200mg / Tenofovir disoproxil 245mg tablets in the 12 months to April 2026, about 0.9% of all hospital medicines spend. That is down 5.6% on the previous 12 months.

£241,311,354 -5.6%

Indicative cost · 12 months

20,350,623units

Quantity (VMP units) · 12 months

0.9%

Share of hospital medicines spend

Figure 1. Emtricitabine 200mg / Tenofovir disoproxil 245mg tablets: NHS hospital indicative cost by month (£ millions)

£0m £12.6m £25.1m Mar 2024 Jul 2024 Nov 2024 Mar 2025 Jul 2025 Nov 2025 Apr 2026 £18.8m Mar 2024: £20.1m Apr 2024: £21.5m May 2024: £22.2m Jun 2024: £19.9m Jul 2024: £25.1m Aug 2024: £21.4m Sep 2024: £25.1m Oct 2024: £23.7m Nov 2024: £20.1m Dec 2024: £18.3m Jan 2025: £21.0m Feb 2025: £18.7m Mar 2025: £18.6m Apr 2025: £21.5m May 2025: £19.5m Jun 2025: £19.4m Jul 2025: £21.6m Aug 2025: £19.7m Sep 2025: £19.5m Oct 2025: £21.5m Nov 2025: £19.4m Dec 2025: £21.1m Jan 2026: £19.4m Feb 2026: £20.3m Mar 2026: £21.1m Apr 2026: £18.8m

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 Emtricitabine 200mg / Tenofovir disoproxil 245mg tablets most

By indicative cost over the 12 months to April 2026.

NHS trusts using Emtricitabine 200mg / Tenofovir disoproxil 245mg tablets most, by indicative cost
NHS trustIndicative cost (12 months)
Chelsea & Westminster Hospital Nhs Ft £76,979,017
Manchester University Nhs Ft £18,335,824
Guy's & St Thomas' Nhs Foundation Trust £11,366,722
Western Sussex Hospitals Nhs Found Trust £10,162,906
Barts Health Nhs Trust £9,239,881
Univ Hpl B/Ham Nhs Foundation Trust £8,716,162
Imperial College Healthcare Nhs Trust £6,363,796
Aintree University Hospital Nhs Ft £6,196,531
Lewisham And Greenwich Nhs Trust £4,829,295
London North West Healthcare Nhs Trust £4,201,179

The primary-care picture

Emtricitabine is also dispensed in the community. See the national primary-care prescribing volume, cost and trend on the Emtricitabine medicine page.