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Tocilizumab 400mg/20ml solution for infusion vials

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

NHS hospitals in England used £16,132,155 of indicative cost of Tocilizumab 400mg/20ml solution for infusion vials in the 12 months to April 2026, about 0.1% of all hospital medicines spend. That is up 0.7% on the previous 12 months.

£16,132,155 +0.7%

Indicative cost · 12 months

630,162units

Quantity (VMP units) · 12 months

0.1%

Share of hospital medicines spend

Figure 1. Tocilizumab 400mg/20ml solution for infusion vials: NHS hospital indicative cost by month (£ millions)

£0m £1.6m £3.3m Apr 2021 Jan 2022 Oct 2022 Jul 2023 Apr 2024 Jan 2025 Apr 2026 £1.3m Apr 2021: £1.2m May 2021: £1.0m Jun 2021: £1.2m Jul 2021: £1.3m Aug 2021: £1.8m Sep 2021: £2.7m Oct 2021: £2.3m Nov 2021: £2.1m Dec 2021: £2.6m Jan 2022: £2.2m Feb 2022: £1.5m Mar 2022: £1.8m Apr 2022: £1.9m May 2022: £1.4m Jun 2022: £1.4m Jul 2022: £1.4m Aug 2022: £1.2m Sep 2022: £1.2m Oct 2022: £1.4m Nov 2022: £1.2m Dec 2022: £1.5m Jan 2023: £1.3m Feb 2023: £1.2m Mar 2023: £1.5m Apr 2023: £1.8m May 2023: £2.2m Jun 2023: £2.3m Jul 2023: £1.3m Aug 2023: £1.5m Sep 2023: £3.3m Oct 2023: £2.0m Nov 2023: £1.9m Dec 2023: £1.4m Jan 2024: £1.5m Feb 2024: £1.1m Mar 2024: £1.2m Apr 2024: £1.1m May 2024: £1.3m Jun 2024: £1.2m Jul 2024: £1.4m Aug 2024: £1.3m Sep 2024: £1.2m Oct 2024: £1.6m Nov 2024: £1.3m Dec 2024: £1.3m Jan 2025: £1.3m Feb 2025: £1.2m Mar 2025: £1.4m Apr 2025: £1.5m May 2025: £1.4m Jun 2025: £1.3m Jul 2025: £1.5m Aug 2025: £1.4m Sep 2025: £1.4m Oct 2025: £1.5m Nov 2025: £1.4m Dec 2025: £1.5m Jan 2026: £1.1m Feb 2026: £1.1m Mar 2026: £1.3m Apr 2026: £1.3m

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 Tocilizumab 400mg/20ml solution for infusion vials most

By indicative cost over the 12 months to April 2026.

NHS trusts using Tocilizumab 400mg/20ml solution for infusion vials most, by indicative cost
NHS trustIndicative cost (12 months)
Leeds Teaching Hpls Nhs Trust £825,856
Imperial College Healthcare Nhs Trust £479,232
University College London Foundation Tr £424,960
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Nhs Trust £409,088
Aintree University Hospital Nhs Ft £401,920
The Royal Wolverhampton Nhs Trust £401,408
Norfolk & Norwich University Hpl Nhs Trt £344,064
University Hospital Southampton Nhs Ft £331,776
Hampshire Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust £325,631
East Sussex Healthcare Nhs Trust £310,272

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.