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Ropeginterferon alfa-2b 250micrograms/0.5ml solution for injection pre-filled disposable devices

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

NHS hospitals in England used £20,865,295 of indicative cost of Ropeginterferon alfa-2b 250micrograms/0.5ml solution for injection pre-filled disposable devices in the 12 months to April 2026, about 0.1% of all hospital medicines spend. That is up 86.4% on the previous 12 months.

£20,865,295 +86.4%

Indicative cost · 12 months

5,854units

Quantity (VMP units) · 12 months

0.1%

Share of hospital medicines spend

Figure 1. Ropeginterferon alfa-2b 250micrograms/0.5ml solution for injection pre-filled disposable devices: NHS hospital indicative cost by month (£ millions)

£0m £1.7m £3.5m Jun 2021 Apr 2022 Jan 2023 Oct 2023 Jul 2024 Apr 2025 Apr 2026 £0.3m Jun 2021: £0m Jul 2021: £0.0m Aug 2021: £0.0m Sep 2021: £0.0m Nov 2021: £0.0m Dec 2021: £0.0m Jan 2022: £0.0m Feb 2022: £0.0m Mar 2022: £0.0m Apr 2022: £0.0m May 2022: £0.0m Jun 2022: £0.0m Jul 2022: £0.0m Aug 2022: £0.0m Sep 2022: £0.0m Oct 2022: £0.1m Nov 2022: £0.0m Dec 2022: £0.0m Jan 2023: £0.0m Feb 2023: £0.0m Mar 2023: £0.0m Apr 2023: £0.0m May 2023: £0.0m Jun 2023: £0.1m Jul 2023: £0.0m Aug 2023: £0.0m Sep 2023: £0.0m Oct 2023: £0.0m Nov 2023: £0.0m Dec 2023: £0.0m Jan 2024: £0.0m Feb 2024: £0.0m Mar 2024: £0.0m Apr 2024: £0.0m May 2024: £0.0m Jun 2024: £0.0m Jul 2024: £0.0m Aug 2024: £0.0m Sep 2024: £0.1m Oct 2024: £0.1m Nov 2024: £0.6m Dec 2024: £1.2m Jan 2025: £2.3m Feb 2025: £1.9m Mar 2025: £2.4m Apr 2025: £2.6m May 2025: £3.1m Jun 2025: £3.3m Jul 2025: £3.5m Aug 2025: £2.8m Sep 2025: £3.3m Oct 2025: £1.4m Nov 2025: £1.2m Dec 2025: £1.0m Jan 2026: £0.5m Feb 2026: £0.3m Mar 2026: £0.3m Apr 2026: £0.3m

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 Ropeginterferon alfa-2b 250micrograms/0.5ml solution for injection pre-filled disposable devices most

By indicative cost over the 12 months to April 2026.

NHS trusts using Ropeginterferon alfa-2b 250micrograms/0.5ml solution for injection pre-filled disposable devices most, by indicative cost
NHS trustIndicative cost (12 months)
Guy's & St Thomas' Nhs Foundation Trust £3,582,101
Salford Royal Nhs Foundation Trust £914,238
Nottingham University Hospitals Trust £696,817
King's College Hpl Nhs Foundation Trust £482,960
University Hpls Of Leicester Nhs Trust £472,267
Western Sussex Hospitals Nhs Found Trust £452,664
Gloucestershire Hpls Nhs Foundation Trst £443,753
Portsmouth Hospitals Nhs Trust £441,971
Harrogate & District Foundation Trust £438,406
United Lincolnshire Hospitals Nhs Trust £427,714

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.