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Octreotide acetate

Malignant Disease and Immunosuppression Sex hormones and hormone antagonists in malignant disease BNF 0803043N0
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Octreotide acetate was ranked 1089th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 260 items, down 13.6% on a year earlier.

260items -13.6%

Dispensed in May 2026

2,741items

Rolling 12 months

£176,686

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Octreotide acetate: national items dispensed by month

0 284.5 569 Jan 2021 Nov 2021 Sep 2022 Jul 2023 May 2024 Mar 2025 Jul 2026 468 Jan 2021: 567 Feb 2021: 544 Mar 2021: 567 Apr 2021: 490 May 2021: 498 Jun 2021: 564 Jul 2021: 551 Aug 2021: 512 Sep 2021: 569 Oct 2021: 491 Nov 2021: 456 Dec 2021: 479 Jan 2022: 463 Feb 2022: 416 Mar 2022: 431 Apr 2022: 414 May 2022: 445 Jun 2022: 426 Jul 2022: 384 Aug 2022: 419 Sep 2022: 390 Oct 2022: 411 Nov 2022: 413 Dec 2022: 379 Jan 2023: 436 Feb 2023: 359 Mar 2023: 408 Apr 2023: 348 May 2023: 375 Jun 2023: 432 Jul 2023: 352 Aug 2023: 365 Sep 2023: 362 Oct 2023: 361 Nov 2023: 347 Dec 2023: 325 Jan 2024: 348 Feb 2024: 372 Mar 2024: 334 Apr 2024: 366 May 2024: 323 Jun 2024: 311 Jul 2024: 352 Aug 2024: 337 Sep 2024: 295 Oct 2024: 314 Nov 2024: 319 Dec 2024: 313 Jan 2025: 308 Feb 2025: 278 Mar 2025: 300 Apr 2025: 326 May 2025: 301 Jun 2025: 324 Jul 2025: 305 Aug 2025: 274 Sep 2025: 295 Oct 2025: 290 Nov 2025: 272 Dec 2025: 308 Jan 2026: 284 Feb 2026: 242 Mar 2026: 257 Apr 2026: 259 May 2026: 260 Jun 2026: 278 Jul 2026: 468

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 14 shown
  • Average cost / item £679.56
  • Year on year Down 13.6% 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 Octreotide acetate this month.

Presentations of Octreotide acetate, May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Octreotide 500micrograms/1ml solution for injection ampoules 0803043N0AAACAC 59 £25,279
Sandostatin LAR 30mg inj vials 0803043N0BBAFAF 41 £51,917
Sandostatin LAR 20mg inj vials 0803043N0BBAGAG 36 £39,167
Octreotide 100micrograms/1ml solution for injection ampoules 0803043N0AAABAB 35 £11,132
Octreotide 100micrograms/1ml inj pre-filled syringes 0803043N0AAAPAP 27 £22,352
Octreotide 50micrograms/1ml solution for injection ampoules 0803043N0AAAAAA 20 £4,925
Octreotide 50micrograms/1ml inj pre-filled syringes 0803043N0AAANAN 12 £5,432
Sandostatin LAR 10mg inj vials 0803043N0BBAEAE 10 £5,497
Octreotide 500micrograms/1ml solution for injection vials 0803043N0AAAMAM 8 £2,279
Sandostatin 500micrograms/1ml inj ampoules 0803043N0BBACAC 4 £3,793
Octreotide 500micrograms/1ml inj pre-filled syringes 0803043N0AAAQAQ 3 £2,500
Sandostatin 100micrograms/1ml inj ampoules 0803043N0BBABAB 3 £1,628
Octreotide 100micrograms/1ml solution for injection vials 0803043N0AAALAL 1 £65
Olatuton 20mg inj vials 0803043N0BCABAG 1 £719

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

Where Octreotide acetate is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Octreotide acetate volumes.

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

Compare Octreotide acetate with

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

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The monthly series for Octreotide acetate 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.