Hi guys and gals,
Got this info from NICE ... just copied and pasted from my email .... thought you might be interested - if it comes out that is
Unit cost calculation
Drug Name Daily dose Cost1 Cost per day £ Annual cost £
Dabigatran etexilate300mg 60 tablets of 150mg £65.90 1 2.20 801.78
Dabigatran etexilate220mg 60 tablets of 150mg £65.90 1 2.20 801.78
Warfarin4.5mg 28 tablets of 0.5mg £1.76 2, 4
28 tablets of 1mg £0.88 2, 4
28 tablets of 3mg £0.85 2, 4 0.12 45.49
Aspirin162.5mg 28 tablets of 75mg £0.82 3, 4 0.09 32.07
1 Press release, Boehringer Ingelheim committed to sharing value with the NHS to improve stroke prevention,
29/03/12 accessed boehringer-ingelheim.co.uk/... to-sharing-value-with-the-NHS-to-improve-stroke-prevention.html, accessed 30/03/12.
2 NHS Electronic Drug Tariff, accessed 29th June 2012.
3 NHS Electronic Drug Tariff, accessed 29th June 2012.
4 Dose as per manufacturer's submission.
Discounts and/or VAT can be input locally on sheet 7, 'Costing template'.
Sorry didn't come out that well .... but basically, if you interrogate it ..... Dabigitran = £2.20 a day, Warfarin = £0.12p a day and Asprin = £0.09p a day.