Table 3

Top 10 savings for price-per-unit switching by British National Formulary (BNF) chemical name

BNF chemical codeChemical namePotential saving per year (£)
0601060D0Glucose blood testing reagents11 969 900
0302000N0Fluticasone propionate (Inh)9 279 710
0403040W0Venlafaxine7 699 071
0302000K0Budesonide6 631 387
0408010A0Levetiracetam5 624 539
0407010F0Co-codamol (codeine phosphate/paracetamol)5 203 179
0105010B0Mesalazine (systemic)5 190 272
0704020N0Tolterodine5 013 993
0408010H0Lamotrigine4 996 309
0302000K0Budesonide4 926 375