Guidance

Voluntary scheme for branded medicines: payment percentage for 2022

Sets out the payment due from members of the voluntary scheme for branded medicines pricing and access in 2022.

Applies to England

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The 2019 voluntary scheme payment percentage for 2022 will be 15%. This document sets out how the level was set.

The 2019 voluntary scheme for branded medicines pricing and access is an agreement between the Department for Health and Social Care, NHS England and the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry that aims to:

improve patient access to medicines by getting the best value and most effective medicines into use more quickly
keep the branded medicine bill affordable for the NHS through a cap in growth of branded sales
support innovation and a successful life sciences industry in the UK

Published 20 January 2022