Speeches

Jim Cunningham – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-06-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the most expensive drugs bought from pharmaceutical companies by the NHS were in the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

Alistair Burt

Based on National Health Service list prices at launch notified to the Department between 2009 and 2015 under the rules of the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme and statutory regulations, the 10 most expensive medicines in terms of list price per pack are shown in the table.

In considering the impact of a medicine, it is important to take into account both the product’s total net costs and the net health benefits it generates.

Product

Manufacturer

Strensiq (asfotase alfa) 80mg injection

Alexion

Translarna (ataluren) granules for oral suspension

PTC Therapeutics Ltd

Sirturo (bedaquiline fumarate) tablets

Janssen-Cilag Ltd

Lojuxta (lomitapide) capsules

Aegerion Pharmaceuticals

Provenge (sipuleucel-T) dispersion for infusion

Dendreon Coporation

ChondroCelect (characterised viable autologous cartilage cells expanded exvivo) implantation suspension

Swedish Orphan Biovitrum (SOBI)

Yervoy (ipilimumab) vials

Bristol-Myers Squibb UK

Revestive (teduglutide) injection

NPS Pharma International

Kalydeco (ivacaftor) tablets

Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Kalydeco (ivacaftor) oral granules

Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Source: Department of Health