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Peginterferon alpha

Malignant Disease and Immunosuppression Drugs affecting the immune response BNF 0802040A0
Data updated January 2025 Download CSV

Peginterferon alpha was dispensed in England in January 2025, with 1 items, little changed on a year earlier.

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Dispensed in January 2025

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Rolling 12 months

£153

Net ingredient cost · January 2025

Figure 1. Peginterferon alpha: national items dispensed by month

0 4.5 9 Jan 2021 Jun 2021 Jul 2022 Dec 2022 Sep 2023 Mar 2024 Jan 2025 1 Jan 2021: 9 Feb 2021: 3 Mar 2021: 4 Apr 2021: 3 May 2021: 2 Jun 2021: 3 Oct 2021: 2 Apr 2022: 2 May 2022: 2 Jun 2022: 1 Jul 2022: 1 Aug 2022: 2 Sep 2022: 1 Oct 2022: 1 Nov 2022: 2 Dec 2022: 2 Feb 2023: 3 Mar 2023: 1 Jun 2023: 1 Jul 2023: 2 Sep 2023: 1 Nov 2023: 1 Dec 2023: 1 Jan 2024: 1 Feb 2024: 2 Mar 2024: 3 Apr 2024: 3 May 2024: 2 Jun 2024: 2 Jul 2024: 4 Oct 2024: 2 Dec 2024: 1 Jan 2025: 1

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to January 2025

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Drugs affecting the immune response
  • Presentations 1 shown
  • Average cost / item £153.02
  • Year on year Little changed 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, January 2025

The individual products dispensed under Peginterferon alpha this month.

Presentations of Peginterferon alpha, January 2025
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Pegasys 90micrograms/0.5ml inj pre-filled syringes 0802040A0BDAEAP 1 £153

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis · to January 2025 OGL v3.0

Where Peginterferon alpha is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Peginterferon alpha volumes.

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

Compare Peginterferon alpha with

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