Semaglutide
Semaglutide was ranked 151st of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 135,070 items, up 2.0% on a year earlier.
Dispensed in May 2026
Rolling 12 months
Net ingredient cost · May 2026
Figure 1. Semaglutide: 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 diabetes
- Presentations 15 shown
- Average cost / item £84.60
- Year on year Up 2.0% on a year earlier
Top presentations, May 2026
The individual products dispensed under Semaglutide this month.
| Presentation | BNF code | Items | Net ingredient cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ozempic 1mg/0.74ml inj 3ml pre-filled pens | 0601023AWBBACAC | 37,516 | £3,205,786 |
| Rybelsus 9mg tablets | 0601023AWBCAFAM | 29,953 | £2,528,286 |
| Rybelsus 4mg tablets | 0601023AWBCAEAL | 23,507 | £1,960,003 |
| Ozempic 0.5mg/0.37ml inj 1.5ml pre-filled pens | 0601023AWBBABAB | 15,832 | £1,264,149 |
| Rybelsus 1.5mg tablets | 0601023AWBCADAK | 10,291 | £815,939 |
| Ozempic 0.25mg/0.19ml inj 1.5ml pre-filled pens | 0601023AWBBAAAA | 9,848 | £769,638 |
| Semaglutide 0.5mg/0.37ml inj 1.5ml pf dispos dev | 0601023AWAAABAB | 2,233 | £189,498 |
| Rybelsus 7mg tablets | 0601023AWBCACAF | 1,507 | £144,246 |
| Rybelsus 14mg tablets | 0601023AWBCAAAD | 1,091 | £102,495 |
| Rybelsus 3mg tablets | 0601023AWBCABAE | 602 | £53,759 |
| Wegovy FlexTouch 2.4mg/0.75ml inj 3ml pre-filled pens | 0601023AWBDAEAJ | 542 | £125,873 |
| Wegovy FlexTouch 1.7mg/0.75ml inj 3ml pre-filled pens | 0601023AWBDACAH | 506 | £76,960 |
| Wegovy FlexTouch 1mg/0.75ml inj 3ml pre-filled pens | 0601023AWBDADAI | 497 | £43,218 |
| Wegovy FlexTouch 0.25mg/0.37ml inj 1.5ml pre-filled pens | 0601023AWBDABAG | 285 | £24,392 |
| Ozempic 2mg/0.74ml inj 3ml pre-filled pens | 0601023AWBBADAN | 625 | £103,869 |
Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis · to May 2026 OGL v3.0
Where Semaglutide is dispensed
The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Semaglutide volumes.
Top regions
Top dispensing practices
- Beacon Medical Practice 2,181
- The Roxton Practice 1,905
- Granta Medical Practices 1,795
- Modality Partnership (awc) 1,380
- The Ridings Medical Group 1,133
- Unity Healthcare 1,026
Regional volumes from NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis; practice volumes from NHS dispensing data.
Compare Semaglutide with
Other medicines in the same BNF section, by prescribing volume.
Download this data
The monthly series for Semaglutide 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.