Medicines
Malignant Disease and Immunosuppression
Cytotoxic drugs
Afatinib

Afatinib

Malignant Disease and Immunosuppression Cytotoxic drugs BNF 0801050BP

Data updated November 2022 Download CSV

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Dispensed in November 2022

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Rolling 12 months

£2,023

Net ingredient cost · November 2022

Figure 1. Afatinib: national items dispensed by month

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to November 2022

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At a glance

Therapeutic class Cytotoxic drugs
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Average cost / item £2,023.28

What this is

Net ingredient cost is the list price before discounts and dispensing fees, not what the NHS finally pays.

Where Afatinib is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Afatinib volumes.

Top regions

NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board 1

Regional volumes from NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis; practice volumes from NHS dispensing data.

Compare Afatinib with

Other medicines in the same BNF section, by prescribing volume.

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Download this data

The monthly series for Afatinib is in this page's CSV. For the ranked national series across every medicine, with the method and caveats documented, see the most-prescribed medicines dataset in our open data catalogue.