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Bimatoprost

Eye Treatment of glaucoma BNF 1106000AF
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Bimatoprost was ranked 214th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 67,541 items, down 13.2% on a year earlier.

67,541items -13.2%

Dispensed in May 2026

717,368items

Rolling 12 months

£588,670

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Bimatoprost: national items dispensed by month

0 57k 114k Jan 2021 Nov 2021 Sep 2022 Jul 2023 May 2024 Mar 2025 Jul 2026 114,388 Jan 2021: 90k Feb 2021: 83k Mar 2021: 94k Apr 2021: 91k May 2021: 86k Jun 2021: 93k Jul 2021: 93k Aug 2021: 88k Sep 2021: 92k Oct 2021: 87k Nov 2021: 90k Dec 2021: 95k Jan 2022: 88k Feb 2022: 83k Mar 2022: 92k Apr 2022: 87k May 2022: 90k Jun 2022: 87k Jul 2022: 88k Aug 2022: 90k Sep 2022: 88k Oct 2022: 87k Nov 2022: 88k Dec 2022: 88k Jan 2023: 87k Feb 2023: 79k Mar 2023: 92k Apr 2023: 83k May 2023: 87k Jun 2023: 88k Jul 2023: 85k Aug 2023: 86k Sep 2023: 84k Oct 2023: 85k Nov 2023: 85k Dec 2023: 85k Jan 2024: 86k Feb 2024: 81k Mar 2024: 81k Apr 2024: 84k May 2024: 84k Jun 2024: 78k Jul 2024: 85k Aug 2024: 82k Sep 2024: 79k Oct 2024: 83k Nov 2024: 78k Dec 2024: 80k Jan 2025: 81k Feb 2025: 72k Mar 2025: 76k Apr 2025: 76k May 2025: 78k Jun 2025: 74k Jul 2025: 79k Aug 2025: 72k Sep 2025: 75k Oct 2025: 77k Nov 2025: 69k Dec 2025: 76k Jan 2026: 73k Feb 2026: 66k Mar 2026: 71k Apr 2026: 70k May 2026: 68k Jun 2026: 69k Jul 2026: 114k

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Treatment of glaucoma
  • Presentations 10 shown
  • Average cost / item £8.72
  • Year on year Down 13.2% 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 Bimatoprost this month.

Presentations of Bimatoprost, May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Bimatoprost 100micrograms/ml eye drops 1106000AFAAABAB 38,143 £190,238
Bimatoprost 300micrograms/ml eye dps 0.4ml ud preserv free 1106000AFAAACAC 11,452 £108,496
Lumigan 0.1mg/ml eye drops 1106000AFBBABAB 4,906 £89,546
Lumigan 0.3mg/ml eye drops 0.4ml unit dose 1106000AFBBACAC 4,788 £85,841
Bimatoprost 300micrograms/ml eye drops 1106000AFAAAAAA 4,136 £58,696
Eyreida 0.3mg/ml eye drops 1106000AFBDAAAD 3,382 £47,393
Bimi 0.3mg/ml eye drops 1106000AFBGAAAD 355 £4,481
Zimed 0.3mg/ml eye drops preservative free 1106000AFBEAAAD 305 £3,293
Visuplain 0.1mg/ml eye drops 1106000AFBHAAAB 73 £674
Lumigan 300micrograms/ml eye drops 1106000AFBBAAAA 1 £12

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

Where Bimatoprost is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Bimatoprost volumes.

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

Compare Bimatoprost with

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

Download this data

The monthly series for Bimatoprost 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.