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Rimegepant

Central Nervous System Analgesics BNF 0407041AD
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Rimegepant was ranked 512th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 9,078 items, up 96.2% on a year earlier.

9,078items +96.2%

Dispensed in May 2026

73,510items

Rolling 12 months

£1,343,870

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Rimegepant: national items dispensed by month

0 6k 12k Nov 2022 Jun 2023 Jan 2024 Aug 2024 Mar 2025 Oct 2025 Jul 2026 11,881 Nov 2022: 1 Dec 2022: 2 Jan 2023: 1 Feb 2023: 3 Mar 2023: 2 Apr 2023: 3 May 2023: 6 Jun 2023: 63 Jul 2023: 78 Aug 2023: 75 Sep 2023: 116 Oct 2023: 195 Nov 2023: 213 Dec 2023: 227 Jan 2024: 303 Feb 2024: 403 Mar 2024: 614 Apr 2024: 802 May 2024: 1k Jun 2024: 1k Jul 2024: 2k Aug 2024: 2k Sep 2024: 2k Oct 2024: 3k Nov 2024: 3k Dec 2024: 3k Jan 2025: 4k Feb 2025: 4k Mar 2025: 4k Apr 2025: 4k May 2025: 5k Jun 2025: 5k Jul 2025: 6k Aug 2025: 5k Sep 2025: 6k Oct 2025: 7k Nov 2025: 6k Dec 2025: 7k Jan 2026: 7k Feb 2026: 7k Mar 2026: 9k Apr 2026: 9k May 2026: 9k Jun 2026: 11k Jul 2026: 12k

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Analgesics
  • Presentations 1 shown
  • Average cost / item £148.04
  • Year on year Up 96.2% 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 Rimegepant this month.

Presentations of Rimegepant, May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Vydura 75mg oral lyophilisates 0407041ADBBAAAA 9,078 £1,343,870

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

Where Rimegepant is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Rimegepant volumes.

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

Compare Rimegepant with

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

Download this data

The monthly series for Rimegepant 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.