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Upadacitinib 30mg modified-release tablets

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

NHS hospitals in England used £102,206,026 of indicative cost of Upadacitinib 30mg modified-release tablets in the 12 months to April 2026, about 0.4% of all hospital medicines spend. That is up 60.7% on the previous 12 months.

£102,206,026 +60.7%

Indicative cost · 12 months

2,233,054units

Quantity (VMP units) · 12 months

0.4%

Share of hospital medicines spend

Figure 1. Upadacitinib 30mg modified-release tablets: NHS hospital indicative cost by month (£ millions)

£0m £5.2m £10.4m Aug 2021 May 2022 Jan 2023 Sep 2023 May 2024 Jan 2025 Apr 2026 £9.8m Aug 2021: £0m Sep 2021: £0.0m Nov 2021: £0.0m Dec 2021: £0.0m Jan 2022: £0.0m Feb 2022: £0.1m Mar 2022: £0.0m Apr 2022: £0.1m May 2022: £0.1m Jun 2022: £0.2m Jul 2022: £0.1m Aug 2022: £0.1m Sep 2022: £0.1m Oct 2022: £0.2m Nov 2022: £0.2m Dec 2022: £0.3m Jan 2023: £0.2m Feb 2023: £0.3m Mar 2023: £0.6m Apr 2023: £0.5m May 2023: £0.6m Jun 2023: £0.8m Jul 2023: £1.0m Aug 2023: £1.2m Sep 2023: £1.4m Oct 2023: £1.4m Nov 2023: £2.1m Dec 2023: £1.7m Jan 2024: £2.6m Feb 2024: £2.5m Mar 2024: £2.9m Apr 2024: £3.2m May 2024: £3.5m Jun 2024: £3.4m Jul 2024: £4.2m Aug 2024: £4.9m Sep 2024: £4.7m Oct 2024: £5.8m Nov 2024: £5.6m Dec 2024: £5.6m Jan 2025: £6.5m Feb 2025: £6.1m Mar 2025: £6.7m Apr 2025: £6.7m May 2025: £7.1m Jun 2025: £7.1m Jul 2025: £7.7m Aug 2025: £7.6m Sep 2025: £8.4m Oct 2025: £8.6m Nov 2025: £8.4m Dec 2025: £8.4m Jan 2026: £10.1m Feb 2026: £8.8m Mar 2026: £10.4m Apr 2026: £9.8m

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 Upadacitinib 30mg modified-release tablets most

By indicative cost over the 12 months to April 2026.

NHS trusts using Upadacitinib 30mg modified-release tablets most, by indicative cost
NHS trustIndicative cost (12 months)
Guy's & St Thomas' Nhs Foundation Trust £3,019,333
Salford Royal Nhs Foundation Trust £2,880,373
Barts Health Nhs Trust £2,878,361
Oxford University Hospitals Nhs Ft £2,558,661
Univ Hpls Bristol Nhs Foundation Trust £2,433,662
King's College Hpl Nhs Foundation Trust £2,424,962
Univ Hpl B/Ham Nhs Foundation Trust £2,285,963
Gloucestershire Hpls Nhs Foundation Trst £2,082,518
Leeds Teaching Hpls Nhs Trust £2,049,198
Hull And East Yorkshire Hpls Nhs Trust £1,880,032

The primary-care picture

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