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Bezafibrate

Cardiovascular System Lipid-regulating drugs BNF 0212000D0
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Bezafibrate was ranked 388th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 20,337 items, down 16.6% on a year earlier.

20,337items -16.6%

Dispensed in May 2026

216,708items

Rolling 12 months

£154,039

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Bezafibrate: national items dispensed by month

0 17k 33k Jan 2021 Nov 2021 Sep 2022 Jul 2023 May 2024 Mar 2025 Jul 2026 33,264 Jan 2021: 31k Feb 2021: 29k Mar 2021: 31k Apr 2021: 30k May 2021: 30k Jun 2021: 31k Jul 2021: 30k Aug 2021: 29k Sep 2021: 30k Oct 2021: 29k Nov 2021: 29k Dec 2021: 31k Jan 2022: 29k Feb 2022: 27k Mar 2022: 30k Apr 2022: 28k May 2022: 29k Jun 2022: 28k Jul 2022: 28k Aug 2022: 29k Sep 2022: 28k Oct 2022: 28k Nov 2022: 28k Dec 2022: 29k Jan 2023: 28k Feb 2023: 25k Mar 2023: 29k Apr 2023: 26k May 2023: 27k Jun 2023: 28k Jul 2023: 27k Aug 2023: 27k Sep 2023: 27k Oct 2023: 26k Nov 2023: 27k Dec 2023: 27k Jan 2024: 27k Feb 2024: 25k Mar 2024: 25k Apr 2024: 26k May 2024: 26k Jun 2024: 24k Jul 2024: 26k Aug 2024: 25k Sep 2024: 24k Oct 2024: 26k Nov 2024: 25k Dec 2024: 25k Jan 2025: 25k Feb 2025: 22k Mar 2025: 24k Apr 2025: 24k May 2025: 24k Jun 2025: 23k Jul 2025: 24k Aug 2025: 21k Sep 2025: 22k Oct 2025: 22k Nov 2025: 22k Dec 2025: 24k Jan 2026: 22k Feb 2026: 20k Mar 2026: 22k Apr 2026: 21k May 2026: 20k Jun 2026: 21k Jul 2026: 33k

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Lipid-regulating drugs
  • Presentations 5 shown
  • Average cost / item £7.57
  • Year on year Down 16.6% 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 Bezafibrate this month.

Presentations of Bezafibrate, May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Bezafibrate 400mg modified-release tablets 0212000D0AAABAB 15,145 £123,005
Bezafibrate 200mg tablets 0212000D0AAAAAA 4,308 £23,375
Bezalip Mono 400mg modified-release tablets 0212000D0BBABAB 823 £7,305
Bezalip 200mg tablets 0212000D0BBAAAA 34 £117
Lipozate 400mg modified-release tablets 0212000D0BGAAAB 27 £236

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

Where Bezafibrate is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Bezafibrate volumes.

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

Compare Bezafibrate with

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

Download this data

The monthly series for Bezafibrate 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.