Apixaban
National NHS prescribing (Prescription Cost Analysis) · Anticoagulants and protamine
Apixaban was ranked 21st of 1,794 medicines by items in March 2026, with 982,823 items, up 19.3% on a year earlier.
982,823items
Dispensed in March 2026
NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis
£2,111,909
Net ingredient cost · March 2026
NHSBSA PCA
11,005,705items
Dispensed in the last 12 months
NHSBSA PCA
Figure 1. Apixaban: national items dispensed by month
Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to March 2026
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The individual products dispensed under Apixaban, by items this month.
| Presentation | Items | Net ingredient cost |
|---|---|---|
| Apixaban 5mg tablets | 677,592 | £1,582,296 |
| Apixaban 2.5mg tablets | 303,555 | £436,887 |
| Eliquis 5mg tablets | 1,036 | £57,258 |
| Eliquis 2.5mg tablets | 632 | £34,990 |
| Apixaban 1mg/ml oral suspension sugar free | 8 | £477 |
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