83 per cent of prices down in July Q2 Cat M adjustment

Some 83 per cent of prices have decreased in the category M July (Q2) adjustment, as the DHSC seeks to recover £13 million per quarter, due to an over delivery of medicine margin to pharmacies.

The latest results from the quarterly Medicines Margin Survey indicate a total cumulative over delivery of £85.7m at the end of the October-December 2024 quarter.

In detail there were four additions and eight deletions to Category M in the July adjustment.

Some 189 prices were increased, and 507 decreased

July additions
Drug	Pack Size	July 25 (£)
Clonazepam 500microgram tablets	100	7.16
Dorzolamide 20mg/ml / Timolol 5mg/ml eye drops	5	5.41
Oxybutynin 5mg modified-release tablets	28	13.95
Oxybutynin 10mg modified-release tablets	28	29.31

July deletions
Drug	Pack size
Flucloxacillin 250mg/5ml oral solution sugar free	100
Indapamide 2.5mg tablets	28
Isosorbide mononitrate 20mg tablets	56
Latanoprost 50micrograms/ml / Timolol 5mg/ml eye drops	2.5
Phenytoin sodium 100mg capsules	84
Tacrolimus 0.1% ointment	30
Tacrolimus 0.1% ointment	60
Trospium chloride 20mg tablets	60

DDA members can view the full spreadsheet, with prices sorted by price order, price change and % price change, and with history in the online Category M library.

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