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Lanreotide

Malignant Disease and Immunosuppression Sex hormones and hormone antagonists in malignant disease BNF 0803043P0
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Lanreotide was ranked 1138th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 189 items, down 24.4% on a year earlier.

189items -24.4%

Dispensed in May 2026

2,010items

Rolling 12 months

£158,243

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Lanreotide: national items dispensed by month

0 191 382 Jan 2021 Nov 2021 Sep 2022 Jul 2023 May 2024 Mar 2025 Jul 2026 335 Jan 2021: 370 Feb 2021: 345 Mar 2021: 382 Apr 2021: 375 May 2021: 348 Jun 2021: 354 Jul 2021: 349 Aug 2021: 324 Sep 2021: 342 Oct 2021: 321 Nov 2021: 305 Dec 2021: 328 Jan 2022: 329 Feb 2022: 281 Mar 2022: 329 Apr 2022: 288 May 2022: 341 Jun 2022: 297 Jul 2022: 293 Aug 2022: 289 Sep 2022: 314 Oct 2022: 307 Nov 2022: 284 Dec 2022: 294 Jan 2023: 346 Feb 2023: 261 Mar 2023: 334 Apr 2023: 255 May 2023: 299 Jun 2023: 298 Jul 2023: 294 Aug 2023: 306 Sep 2023: 283 Oct 2023: 276 Nov 2023: 272 Dec 2023: 282 Jan 2024: 286 Feb 2024: 265 Mar 2024: 255 Apr 2024: 272 May 2024: 278 Jun 2024: 257 Jul 2024: 285 Aug 2024: 261 Sep 2024: 245 Oct 2024: 279 Nov 2024: 237 Dec 2024: 243 Jan 2025: 268 Feb 2025: 236 Mar 2025: 227 Apr 2025: 235 May 2025: 250 Jun 2025: 227 Jul 2025: 241 Aug 2025: 204 Sep 2025: 217 Oct 2025: 204 Nov 2025: 207 Dec 2025: 209 Jan 2026: 215 Feb 2026: 182 Mar 2026: 203 Apr 2026: 180 May 2026: 189 Jun 2026: 169 Jul 2026: 335

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 6 shown
  • Average cost / item £837.26
  • Year on year Down 24.4% 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 Lanreotide this month.

Presentations of Lanreotide, May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Lanreotide 120mg/0.5ml inj pre-filled syringes 0803043P0AAADAD 92 £89,015
Lanreotide 60mg/0.5ml inj pre-filled syringes 0803043P0AAAEAE 49 £30,856
Lanreotide 90mg/0.5ml inj pre-filled syringes 0803043P0AAAFAF 39 £30,912
Somatuline Autogel 120mg/0.5ml inj pfs with safety system 0803043P0BBAGAD 6 £5,622
Somatuline Autogel 60mg/0.5ml inj pfs with safety system 0803043P0BBAEAE 2 £1,102
Somatuline Autogel 90mg/0.5ml inj pfs with safety system 0803043P0BBAFAF 1 £736

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

Where Lanreotide is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Lanreotide volumes.

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

In NHS hospitals

Lanreotide 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 Lanreotide with

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

Download this data

The monthly series for Lanreotide 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.