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Olmesartan medoxomil tablets included in June price concessions list

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By Pb Staff writerJun 18, 2021
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The Department of Health and Social Care (DH) today (June 18) released its first drug price concessions list for June 2021. The list of drugs included in the update are as follows...

Drug Pack SizePrice Concession
Baclofen 10mg tablets84£3.17
Chlorpromazine 50mg tablets28£14.55
Eplerenone 25mg tablets28£14.00
Esomeprazole 20mg gastro-resistant tablets28£4.75
Etoricoxib 60mg tablets28£8.50
Etoricoxib 90mg tablets28£10.96
Methadone 5mg tablets50£5.50
Naftidrofuryl 100mg capsules84£8.10
Olmesartan medoxomil 10mg tablets28£6.97
Olmesartan medoxomil 20mg tablets28£7.95
Olmesartan medoxomil 40mg tablets28£12.30
Pregabalin 150mg capsules56£4.73
Pregabalin 200mg capsules84£6.95
Pregabalin 25mg capsules56£3.99
Pregabalin 300mg capsules56£6.63
Pregabalin 50mg capsules84£6.30
Pregabalin 75mg capsules56£5.53
Prochlorperazine 5mg tablets28£1.79
Sulfasalazine 500mg gastro-resistant tablets112£18.19
Sulfasalazine 500mg tablets112£17.45
Trimethoprim 50mg/5ml oral suspension sugar free100ml£10.77
Zonisamide 100mg capsules56£42.00

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