Interferon beta

National NHS prescribing (Prescription Cost Analysis) · Drugs affecting the immune response

Data updated November 2024

Interferon beta was dispensed in England in November 2024, with 6 items, down 57.1% on a year earlier.

6items

Dispensed in November 2024

NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis

£10,898

Net ingredient cost · November 2024

NHSBSA PCA

100items

Dispensed in the last 12 months

NHSBSA PCA

Figure 1. Interferon beta: national items dispensed by month

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to November 2024

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A lower-volume medicine: under 1,000 items in the last 12 months.

Top presentations, November 2024

The individual products dispensed under Interferon beta, by items this month.

Presentations of Interferon beta, November 2024
Presentation	Items	Net ingredient cost
Betaferon 300microgram inj vials	3	£5,012
Avonex 30micrograms/0.5ml (6million units) inj pf pens	2	£3,924
Avonex 30micrograms/0.5ml (6million units) inj pfs	1	£1,962

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