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Anastrozole

Malignant Disease and Immunosuppression Sex hormones and hormone antagonists in malignant disease BNF 0803041B0
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Anastrozole was ranked 278th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 41,346 items, down 4.6% on a year earlier.

41,346items -4.6%

Dispensed in May 2026

423,261items

Rolling 12 months

£80,184

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Anastrozole: national items dispensed by month

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Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Sex hormones and hormone antagonists in malignant disease
  • Presentations 3 shown
  • Average cost / item £1.94
  • Year on year Down 4.6% on a year earlier
What this is
Net ingredient cost is the list price before discounts and dispensing fees, not what the NHS finally pays.

Top presentations, May 2026

The individual products dispensed under Anastrozole this month.

Presentations of Anastrozole, May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Anastrozole 1mg tablets 0803041B0AAAAAA 41,039 £53,997
Arimidex 1mg tablets 0803041B0BBAAAA 305 £25,556
Anastrozole 1mg/5ml oral solution 0803041B0AAABAB 2 £631

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis · to May 2026 OGL v3.0

Where Anastrozole is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Anastrozole volumes.

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

Compare Anastrozole with

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

Download this data

The monthly series for Anastrozole 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.