Medicines
Malignant Disease and Immunosuppression
Cytotoxic drugs
Bexarotene

Bexarotene

Malignant Disease and Immunosuppression Cytotoxic drugs BNF 0801050AB

Data updated February 2026 Download CSV

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Dispensed in February 2026

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Rolling 12 months

£2,531

Net ingredient cost · February 2026

Figure 1. Bexarotene: national items dispensed by month

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to February 2026

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At a glance

Therapeutic class Cytotoxic drugs
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Average cost / item £2,531.25

What this is

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

Where Bexarotene is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Bexarotene volumes.

Top regions

NHS Somerset Integrated Care Board 1

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

Compare Bexarotene with

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

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Download this data

The monthly series for Bexarotene 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.