| Product |
Pharmaceutical Manufacturer |
Manufacturers Price |
Mode of delivery |
Genotropin®
(somatropin/rhGH)
two-compartment cartridge containing powder for reconstitution |
Pharmacia |
net price
5.3-mg (16-unit) cartridge = £122.87;
12-mg (36-unit) cartridge = £278.20 |
Subcutaneous/Intramuscular |
Humatrope®
(somatropin/rhGH)
two-compartment cartridge containing powder for reconstitution |
Lilly |
net price
6-mg (18-unit) cartridge =£108.00;
24-mg (72-unit) cartridge = £432.00 |
Subcutaneous/Intramuscular |
Norditropin®
SimpleXx prefilled solution
(somatropin 3.3 mg; 10 units/mL |
Novo Nordisk |
net price
1.5-mL (5-mg, 15-unit) cartridge = £106.35;
1.5-mL (15-mg, 45-unit) cartridge = £319.05 |
Subcutaneous/Intramuscular |
Increlex® (Mecasermin
10 mg/mL;
Recombinant human insulin-like growth factor-1; rhIGF-1) |
Ipsen |
net price
4-mL vial = £605.00 |
Subcutaneous/Intramuscular |
Eprex®
(prefilled syringe, epoetin alfa)
(Recombinant human erythropoietin; rhEpo) |
Janssen-Cilag |
net price
1000 units = £5.53;
40 000 units = £265.48 |
Subcutaneous/Intravenous |
NeoRecormon®
(prefilled syringe, epoetin beta)
(Recombinant human erythropoietin; rhEpo) |
Roche |
net price
500 units = £3.75;
30 000 units = £224.69 |
Subcutaneous/Intravenous |
Aranesp®
Erythropoetin;
darbepoetin alfa, 25 micrograms/mL |
Amgen |
net price
0.4 mL (10 micrograms) = £14.68,
1 mL (500 micrograms) = £734.05 |
Subcutaneous/Intravenous |
