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Ustekinumab 90mg/1ml solution for injection pre-filled syringes

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

NHS hospitals in England used £247,195,919 of indicative cost of Ustekinumab 90mg/1ml solution for injection pre-filled syringes in the 12 months to April 2026, about 1.0% of all hospital medicines spend. That is up 11.0% on the previous 12 months.

£247,195,919 +11%

Indicative cost · 12 months

115,136units

Quantity (VMP units) · 12 months

1.0%

Share of hospital medicines spend

Figure 1. Ustekinumab 90mg/1ml solution for injection pre-filled syringes: NHS hospital indicative cost by month (£ millions)

£0m £12.0m £23.9m Apr 2021 Jan 2022 Oct 2022 Jul 2023 Apr 2024 Jan 2025 Apr 2026 £18.0m Apr 2021: £8.9m May 2021: £9.0m Jun 2021: £10.5m Jul 2021: £10.2m Aug 2021: £10.0m Sep 2021: £10.4m Oct 2021: £10.2m Nov 2021: £11.3m Dec 2021: £10.9m Jan 2022: £10.7m Feb 2022: £11.2m Mar 2022: £13.1m Apr 2022: £11.1m May 2022: £12.9m Jun 2022: £11.7m Jul 2022: £12.3m Aug 2022: £12.9m Sep 2022: £13.0m Oct 2022: £13.8m Nov 2022: £14m Dec 2022: £12.5m Jan 2023: £15.9m Feb 2023: £13.7m Mar 2023: £17.0m Apr 2023: £14.1m May 2023: £15.1m Jun 2023: £15.7m Jul 2023: £17.1m Aug 2023: £17.0m Sep 2023: £16.3m Oct 2023: £17.5m Nov 2023: £17.7m Dec 2023: £14.1m Jan 2024: £17.6m Feb 2024: £16.3m Mar 2024: £15.5m Apr 2024: £17.6m May 2024: £17.6m Jun 2024: £16.7m Jul 2024: £17.0m Aug 2024: £17.9m Sep 2024: £17.1m Oct 2024: £20.7m Nov 2024: £17.8m Dec 2024: £17.8m Jan 2025: £22.0m Feb 2025: £18.1m Mar 2025: £21.0m Apr 2025: £18.9m May 2025: £20.6m Jun 2025: £21.1m Jul 2025: £22.8m Aug 2025: £21.6m Sep 2025: £22.3m Oct 2025: £23.9m Nov 2025: £18.9m Dec 2025: £20.2m Jan 2026: £22.2m Feb 2026: £16.4m Mar 2026: £19.2m Apr 2026: £18.0m

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 Ustekinumab 90mg/1ml solution for injection pre-filled syringes most

By indicative cost over the 12 months to April 2026.

NHS trusts using Ustekinumab 90mg/1ml solution for injection pre-filled syringes most, by indicative cost
NHS trustIndicative cost (12 months)
Oxford University Hospitals Nhs Ft £9,807,496
Salford Royal Nhs Foundation Trust £7,913,842
University Hospital Southampton Nhs Ft £7,254,713
Guy's & St Thomas' Nhs Foundation Trust £7,248,272
The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hpl Nhs Found Tr £6,503,263
Manchester University Nhs Ft £5,904,250
Western Sussex Hospitals Nhs Found Trust £5,568,245
University College London Foundation Tr £5,350,324
University Hpls Of Leicester Nhs Trust £4,536,611
Aintree University Hospital Nhs Ft £4,515,141

The primary-care picture

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