Safinamide
Safinamide was ranked 650th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 3,824 items, up 4.4% on a year earlier.
Dispensed in May 2026
Rolling 12 months
Net ingredient cost · May 2026
Figure 1. Safinamide: national items dispensed by month
Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026
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At a glance
- Therapeutic class Drugs used in parkinsonism and related disorders
- Presentations 4 shown
- Average cost / item £67.34
- Year on year Up 4.4% on a year earlier
Top presentations, May 2026
The individual products dispensed under Safinamide this month.
| Presentation | BNF code | Items | Net ingredient cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safinamide 100mg tablets | 0409010AAAAABAB | 1,983 | £126,075 |
| Safinamide 50mg tablets | 0409010AAAAAAAA | 1,808 | £128,679 |
| Xadago 100mg tablets | 0409010AABBABAB | 18 | £1,449 |
| Xadago 50mg tablets | 0409010AABBAAAA | 15 | £1,293 |
Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis · to May 2026 OGL v3.0
Where Safinamide is dispensed
The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Safinamide volumes.
Top regions
- NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board 478
- NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board 327
- NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board 316
- NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board 308
- NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board 306
- NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board 237
Top dispensing practices
Regional volumes from NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis; practice volumes from NHS dispensing data.
Compare Safinamide with
Other medicines in the same BNF section, by prescribing volume.
Download this data
The monthly series for Safinamide 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.