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Nusinersen 12mg/5ml solution for injection vials

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

NHS hospitals in England used £49,200,000 of indicative cost of Nusinersen 12mg/5ml solution for injection vials in the 12 months to April 2026, about 0.2% of all hospital medicines spend. That is down 6.0% on the previous 12 months.

£49,200,000 -6%

Indicative cost · 12 months

3,280units

Quantity (VMP units) · 12 months

0.2%

Share of hospital medicines spend

Figure 1. Nusinersen 12mg/5ml solution for injection vials: NHS hospital indicative cost by month (£ millions)

£0m £5.1m £10.2m Apr 2021 Jan 2022 Oct 2022 Jul 2023 Apr 2024 Jan 2025 Apr 2026 £2.4m Apr 2021: £10.0m May 2021: £9.1m Jun 2021: £6.8m Jul 2021: £6.4m Aug 2021: £6.9m Sep 2021: £7.1m Oct 2021: £8.0m Nov 2021: £10.2m Dec 2021: £8.3m Jan 2022: £6.2m Feb 2022: £6.8m Mar 2022: £6.4m Apr 2022: £6.2m May 2022: £8.3m Jun 2022: £7.0m Jul 2022: £6.3m Aug 2022: £6.5m Sep 2022: £6.5m Oct 2022: £4.3m Nov 2022: £6.6m Dec 2022: £3.8m Jan 2023: £6.8m Feb 2023: £5.6m Mar 2023: £6.1m Apr 2023: £5.0m May 2023: £7.7m Jun 2023: £6.1m Jul 2023: £4.6m Aug 2023: £4.7m Sep 2023: £5.7m Oct 2023: £5.2m Nov 2023: £5.5m Dec 2023: £3.9m Jan 2024: £5.7m Feb 2024: £4.1m Mar 2024: £5.0m Apr 2024: £4.1m May 2024: £4.4m Jun 2024: £3.8m Jul 2024: £4.7m Aug 2024: £3.7m Sep 2024: £5.3m Oct 2024: £4.7m Nov 2024: £5.2m Dec 2024: £3.1m Jan 2025: £5.3m Feb 2025: £4.2m Mar 2025: £4.4m Apr 2025: £3.6m May 2025: £4.5m Jun 2025: £4.8m Jul 2025: £4.6m Aug 2025: £3.2m Sep 2025: £4.1m Oct 2025: £5.2m Nov 2025: £3.4m Dec 2025: £2.9m Jan 2026: £5.3m Feb 2026: £4.9m Mar 2026: £4.1m Apr 2026: £2.4m

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 Nusinersen 12mg/5ml solution for injection vials most

By indicative cost over the 12 months to April 2026.

NHS trusts using Nusinersen 12mg/5ml solution for injection vials most, by indicative cost
NHS trustIndicative cost (12 months)
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Nhs Trust £7,725,000
University College London Foundation Tr £5,400,000
Leeds Teaching Hpls Nhs Trust £3,750,000
Salford Royal Nhs Foundation Trust £3,750,000
The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hpl Nhs Found Tr £2,700,000
Univ Hpl B/Ham Nhs Foundation Trust £2,625,000
Guy's & St Thomas' Nhs Foundation Trust £2,400,000
University Hospital Southampton Nhs Ft £2,175,000
University Hpls North Midlands Nhs Trust £1,875,000
Sheffield Children's Nhs Ft £1,725,000

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.