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Bicalutamide

Malignant Disease and Immunosuppression Sex hormones and hormone antagonists in malignant disease BNF 0803042A0
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Bicalutamide was ranked 464th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 12,006 items, down 20.1% on a year earlier.

12,006items -20.1%

Dispensed in May 2026

133,480items

Rolling 12 months

£48,733

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Bicalutamide: 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 4 shown
  • Average cost / item £4.06
  • Year on year Down 20.1% 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 Bicalutamide this month.

Presentations of Bicalutamide, May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Bicalutamide 50mg tablets 0803042A0AAAAAA 7,194 £21,254
Bicalutamide 150mg tablets 0803042A0AAABAB 4,789 £23,252
Casodex 50mg tablets 0803042A0BBAAAA 15 £2,066
Casodex 150mg tablets 0803042A0BBABAB 8 £2,160

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

Where Bicalutamide is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Bicalutamide volumes.

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

Compare Bicalutamide with

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

Download this data

The monthly series for Bicalutamide 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.