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Letrozole

Malignant Disease and Immunosuppression Sex hormones and hormone antagonists in malignant disease BNF 0803041L0
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Letrozole was ranked 172nd of 1,792 medicines by items in May 2026, with 106,141 items, down 1.0% on a year earlier.

106,141items -1%

Dispensed in May 2026

1,282,948items

Rolling 12 months

£372,091

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Letrozole: national items dispensed by month

0 57k 114k Jan 2021 Nov 2021 Sep 2022 Jul 2023 May 2024 Mar 2025 May 2026 106,141 Jan 2021: 81k Feb 2021: 77k Mar 2021: 86k Apr 2021: 83k May 2021: 80k Jun 2021: 86k Jul 2021: 86k Aug 2021: 83k Sep 2021: 86k Oct 2021: 84k Nov 2021: 87k Dec 2021: 92k Jan 2022: 86k Feb 2022: 81k Mar 2022: 92k Apr 2022: 87k May 2022: 91k Jun 2022: 88k Jul 2022: 89k Aug 2022: 93k Sep 2022: 91k Oct 2022: 91k Nov 2022: 93k Dec 2022: 95k Jan 2023: 93k Feb 2023: 86k Mar 2023: 98k Apr 2023: 89k May 2023: 96k Jun 2023: 95k Jul 2023: 96k Aug 2023: 98k Sep 2023: 96k Oct 2023: 96k Nov 2023: 98k Dec 2023: 98k Jan 2024: 100k Feb 2024: 94k Mar 2024: 96k Apr 2024: 99k May 2024: 102k Jun 2024: 95k Jul 2024: 104k Aug 2024: 101k Sep 2024: 98k Oct 2024: 105k Nov 2024: 100k Dec 2024: 104k Jan 2025: 105k Feb 2025: 95k Mar 2025: 99k Apr 2025: 103k May 2025: 107k Jun 2025: 102k Jul 2025: 110k Aug 2025: 102k Sep 2025: 107k Oct 2025: 111k Nov 2025: 102k Dec 2025: 114k Jan 2026: 109k Feb 2026: 100k Mar 2026: 111k Apr 2026: 109k May 2026: 106k

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 3 shown
  • Average cost / item £3.51
  • Year on year Down 1.0% 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 Letrozole this month.

Presentations of Letrozole, May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Letrozole 2.5mg tablets 0803041L0AAAAAA 105,687 £316,654
Femara 2.5mg tablets 0803041L0BBAAAA 452 £54,728
Letrozole 2.5mg/5ml oral suspension 0803041L0AAABAB 2 £709

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

Where Letrozole is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Letrozole volumes.

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

Compare Letrozole with

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