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Caspofungin

Infections Antifungal drugs BNF 0502040C0
Data updated December 2021 Download CSV
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Dispensed in December 2021

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Rolling 12 months

£192

Net ingredient cost · December 2021

Figure 1. Caspofungin: national items dispensed by month

0 2 4 May 2021 Jun 2021 Jul 2021 Aug 2021 Oct 2021 Dec 2021 1 May 2021: 3 Jun 2021: 2 Jul 2021: 4 Aug 2021: 1 Oct 2021: 1 Dec 2021: 1

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to December 2021

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Antifungal drugs
  • Presentations 1 shown
  • Average cost / item £192.00
What this is
Net ingredient cost is the list price before discounts and dispensing fees, not what the NHS finally pays.

Top presentations, December 2021

The individual products dispensed under Caspofungin this month.

Presentations of Caspofungin, December 2021
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Caspofungin 70mg powder for solution for infusion vials 0502040C0AAABAB 1 £192

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis · to December 2021 OGL v3.0

In NHS hospitals

Caspofungin is also used in NHS secondary care. See the indicative hospital cost, monthly trend and the trusts using it most on the hospital medicines page.

Compare Caspofungin with

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

Download this data

The monthly series for Caspofungin 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.