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Tocilizumab 162mg/0.9ml solution for injection pre-filled disposable devices

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

NHS hospitals in England used £61,979,846 of indicative cost of Tocilizumab 162mg/0.9ml solution for injection pre-filled disposable devices in the 12 months to April 2026, about 0.2% of all hospital medicines spend. That is up 27.2% on the previous 12 months.

£61,979,846 +27.2%

Indicative cost · 12 months

244,357units

Quantity (VMP units) · 12 months

0.2%

Share of hospital medicines spend

Figure 1. Tocilizumab 162mg/0.9ml solution for injection pre-filled disposable devices: NHS hospital indicative cost by month (£ millions)

£0m £3.2m £6.4m Apr 2021 Jan 2022 Oct 2022 Jul 2023 Apr 2024 Jan 2025 Apr 2026 £5.2m Apr 2021: £1.7m May 2021: £1.8m Jun 2021: £1.9m Jul 2021: £2.1m Aug 2021: £1.8m Sep 2021: £1.6m Oct 2021: £1.8m Nov 2021: £1.9m Dec 2021: £2.0m Jan 2022: £2.0m Feb 2022: £1.9m Mar 2022: £2.4m Apr 2022: £1.9m May 2022: £2.1m Jun 2022: £2.2m Jul 2022: £2.0m Aug 2022: £2.3m Sep 2022: £2.4m Oct 2022: £2.3m Nov 2022: £2.4m Dec 2022: £2.1m Jan 2023: £2.6m Feb 2023: £2.6m Mar 2023: £2.8m Apr 2023: £2.2m May 2023: £2.4m Jun 2023: £3.0m Jul 2023: £2.5m Aug 2023: £2.8m Sep 2023: £3.0m Oct 2023: £2.9m Nov 2023: £3.2m Dec 2023: £2.9m Jan 2024: £3.3m Feb 2024: £3.4m Mar 2024: £3m Apr 2024: £3.3m May 2024: £3.6m Jun 2024: £3.4m Jul 2024: £3.5m Aug 2024: £3.6m Sep 2024: £3.7m Oct 2024: £4.6m Nov 2024: £4.1m Dec 2024: £4.1m Jan 2025: £4.7m Feb 2025: £3.7m Mar 2025: £5.2m Apr 2025: £4.5m May 2025: £4.8m Jun 2025: £4.6m Jul 2025: £5.2m Aug 2025: £4.6m Sep 2025: £5.3m Oct 2025: £6.1m Nov 2025: £5.1m Dec 2025: £5.8m Jan 2026: £6.4m Feb 2026: £5.1m Mar 2026: £3.9m Apr 2026: £5.2m

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 Tocilizumab 162mg/0.9ml solution for injection pre-filled disposable devices most

By indicative cost over the 12 months to April 2026.

NHS trusts using Tocilizumab 162mg/0.9ml solution for injection pre-filled disposable devices most, by indicative cost
NHS trustIndicative cost (12 months)
Royal Free London Nhs Foundation Trust £1,692,011
Manchester University Nhs Ft £1,637,909
The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hpl Nhs Found Tr £1,528,563
Leeds Teaching Hpls Nhs Trust £1,526,508
Aintree University Hospital Nhs Ft £1,521,943
Portsmouth Hospitals Nhs Trust £1,495,919
King's College Hpl Nhs Foundation Trust £1,214,906
University Hpls Of Leicester Nhs Trust £1,199,155
Nottingham University Hospitals Trust £1,193,904
Gloucestershire Hpls Nhs Foundation Trst £1,177,012

The primary-care picture

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