Hospital medicines

by gross spend in the 2022/2023 financial year.

Rank Medicine Therapeutic Group 2023 $million
1 Infliximab Immunosuppressants $52.63
2 Aflibercept Immunosuppressants $16.53
3 Rituximab Immunosuppressants $8.90
4 Iron (as ferric carboxymaltose) Alimentary $8.34
5 Clostridium botulinum type A toxin Musculoskeletal $5.79
6 Alteplase Antithrombotics $4.86
7 Idarucizumab Immunosuppressants $4.26
8 Enoxaparin sodium Antithrombotics $4.13
9 Ustekinumab Immunosuppressants $3.69
10 Tocilizumab Immunosuppressants $3.59
11 Noradrenaline Sympathomimetics $2.88
12 Ocrelizumab Multiple Sclerosis Treatments $2.84
13 Levonorgestrel Hormones $2.71
14 Sugammadex Musculoskeletal $2.44
15 Paliperidone Antipsychotics $2.41
16 Amphotericin B Anti-infectives $2.38
17 Olanzapine Antipsychotics $2.17
18 Lidocaine [Lignocaine] hydrochloride Anaesthetics $1.91
19 Lenalidomide Oncology $1.79
20 Heparin sodium Blood and Blood Forming Organs $1.76
    Total $136.02