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Darbepoetin alfa

Nutrition and Blood Anaemias and haematological disorders BNF 0901030J0
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Darbepoetin alfa was ranked 986th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 510 items, up 11.8% on a year earlier.

510items +11.8%

Dispensed in May 2026

4,722items

Rolling 12 months

£165,881

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Darbepoetin alfa: national items dispensed by month

0 507.5 1k Jan 2021 Nov 2021 Sep 2022 Jul 2023 May 2024 Mar 2025 Jul 2026 1,015 Jan 2021: 522 Feb 2021: 453 Mar 2021: 477 Apr 2021: 482 May 2021: 492 Jun 2021: 504 Jul 2021: 545 Aug 2021: 474 Sep 2021: 535 Oct 2021: 483 Nov 2021: 560 Dec 2021: 442 Jan 2022: 566 Feb 2022: 492 Mar 2022: 504 Apr 2022: 505 May 2022: 455 Jun 2022: 544 Jul 2022: 530 Aug 2022: 550 Sep 2022: 464 Oct 2022: 517 Nov 2022: 339 Dec 2022: 505 Jan 2023: 447 Feb 2023: 596 Mar 2023: 576 Apr 2023: 497 May 2023: 537 Jun 2023: 528 Jul 2023: 494 Aug 2023: 560 Sep 2023: 426 Oct 2023: 559 Nov 2023: 449 Dec 2023: 440 Jan 2024: 539 Feb 2024: 476 Mar 2024: 466 Apr 2024: 468 May 2024: 484 Jun 2024: 426 Jul 2024: 322 Aug 2024: 677 Sep 2024: 473 Oct 2024: 483 Nov 2024: 512 Dec 2024: 449 Jan 2025: 567 Feb 2025: 391 Mar 2025: 481 Apr 2025: 431 May 2025: 456 Jun 2025: 488 Jul 2025: 522 Aug 2025: 476 Sep 2025: 488 Oct 2025: 541 Nov 2025: 442 Dec 2025: 433 Jan 2026: 486 Feb 2026: 411 Mar 2026: 469 Apr 2026: 466 May 2026: 510 Jun 2026: 421 Jul 2026: 1k

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Anaemias and haematological disorders
  • Presentations 15 shown
  • Average cost / item £325.26
  • Year on year Up 11.8% 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 Darbepoetin alfa this month.

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

Where Darbepoetin alfa is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Darbepoetin alfa volumes.

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

Compare Darbepoetin alfa with

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

Download this data

The monthly series for Darbepoetin alfa 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.