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

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

NHS hospitals in England used £64,092,349 of indicative cost of Tocilizumab 162mg/0.9ml solution for injection pre-filled disposable devices in the 12 months to July 2026, about 0.2% of all hospital medicines spend. That is up 21.5% on the previous 12 months.

£64,092,349 +21.5%

Indicative cost · 12 months

205,810units

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 Feb 2022 Dec 2022 Oct 2023 Aug 2024 Jun 2025 Jul 2026 £6.4m 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 May 2026: £4.8m Jun 2026: £5.5m Jul 2026: £6.4m

Source: NHSBSA Secondary Care Medicines Data, to July 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 July 2026.

NHS trusts using Tocilizumab 162mg/0.9ml solution for injection pre-filled disposable devices most, by indicative cost
NHS trustIndicative cost (12 months)
The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hpl Nhs Found Tr £1,820,533
Royal Free London Nhs Foundation Trust £1,716,437
Manchester University Nhs Ft £1,650,693
Leeds Teaching Hpls Nhs Trust £1,510,300
Aintree University Hospital Nhs Ft £1,430,859
Portsmouth Hospitals Nhs Trust £1,351,874
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Nhs Trust £1,286,358
Oxford University Hospitals Nhs Ft £1,246,637
University Hpls Of Leicester Nhs Trust £1,214,678
Western Sussex Hospitals Nhs Found Trust £1,170,163

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.