Switzerland· 68196001

Melphalan Ideogen 50 mg, Pulver und Lösungsmittel zur Herstellung einer Injektions-/Infusionslösung

A melphalan product containing melphalanum, registered in Switzerland by IDEOGEN AG and dispensed under Swissmedic category A, on the national reimbursement list. The same ATC class is registered in 17 of our 19 countries.

Reimbursed in Switzerland (BAG SL)Cat A (Swissmedic)ATC L01AA03

Checked against Swissmedic (Switzerland) on September 12, 2026

Informational only — not a medical device.

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Where it is registered

Melphalan is registered in 17 of 19 countries.

Countries holding a registration under ATC L01AA03 (melphalan), each read from that country’s own register.

This record: Switzerland, from Swissmedic (Switzerland)
10 of them publish a price we can compare per daily dose

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Melphalan · ATC L01AA03

17 / 19 countries

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Denmark
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Germany
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Ireland
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United Statesprice

Blue: a registration under this ATC code. The ringed marker is this record’s country. Markets marked price publish a price we can compare per daily dose.

Price per daily dose

What a daily dose of melphalan costs, country by country.

Normalised to the WHO defined daily dose (2 mg), the median price runs from $0.79 in Italy to $3.83 in Switzerland — a ×4.8 gap.

Switzerland: $3.83 per daily dose (median across products in the class)
Public list prices, converted to USD at the rate date shown

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Melphalan · price per daily dose (2 mg)

USD · FX 28 Sept 2026

CH Switzerland$3.83
FR France$0.89
IT Italy$0.79

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The record

At a glance

Swissmedic (Switzerland)

Active substance: melphalanum
Manufacturer: IDEOGEN AG
Country: Switzerland (CH)
ATC code: L01AA03
ATC class: Melphalan
Defined daily dose: 2 mg, O
Swissmedic category: A
Reimbursed: Yes
Source register: Swissmedic (Switzerland)
Last checked: September 12, 2026

Packs & prices · 1

1 priced

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CHF 79.5

Regulatory notes

No shortage, Orange Book or US label notes for this record.

Interactions

242 interactions on record for melphalan.

Graded by severity as the source publishes them — 32 severe. Severity grades are free for everyone; mechanism and management come with Growth.

Severity for every pair — free, no plan needed
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Melphalan · interactions on record

242 records

32 severe
100 moderate
25 minor
85 info

Most severe, free to view

Nalidixic acidJ01MB02severe
ThiotepaL01AC01severe
CladribineL01BB04severe
Talimogene laherparepvecL01XL02severe

Interaction severity from DDInter 2.0 (Xiong G. et al., Nucleic Acids Res.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0 — free for non-commercial use only; not covered by the Drug Database commercial licence.

Mechanism and what to do, in the interaction check

Source: DDInter 2.0 · synced 29 Sept 2026. Grades as the source publishes them.

Same medicine, other countries

Melphalan in 17 other countries

What each register calls a product with the same active substance — salts and hydrates count as the same.

All melphalan products

Authorised across Europe · EMA

The same active substance is authorised in 29 EEA countries. Names it is sold under:

Austria · Alkeran, Melphalan Hikma
Belgium · Alkeran, Melfalan Tillomed
Cyprus · Melfalan Tillomed
Czechia · Alkeran, Melphalan Zentiva
Germany · Alkeran, Melphalan
Denmark · Alkeran, Melphalan Macure
Estonia · Alkeran
Spain · Alkeran, Melfalán Aspen
Finland · Alkeran, Melphalan Macure
France · Alkeran, Melphalan Hikma
United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) · Melphalan, Melphalan Accord-Uk
Greece · Demephan, Melphalan Tillomed
Croatia · Melfalan Pliva, Melfalan Tillomed
Hungary · Melphalan Teva, Melphalan Zentiva
Ireland · Alkeran, Melphalan Tillomed
Iceland · Alkeran, Phelinun
Italy · Alkeran, Melfalan Hikma
Liechtenstein · Phelinun
Lithuania · Alkeran, Melphalan Zentiva
Luxembourg · Alkeran, Melphalan Aqvida
Latvia · Alkeran, Melphalan Tillomed
Netherlands · Alkeran, Melfalan Amarox
Norway · Alkeran, Melphalan Macure
Poland · Alkeran, Melphalan Zentiva
Portugal · Alkeran, Melfalano Eugia
Romania · Alkeran, Melfalan Teva
Sweden · Alkeran, Melfalan Sun
Slovenia · Alkeran, Melfalan Teva
Slovakia · Alkeran, Melphalan Zentiva

Source: European Medicines Agency, Article 57 product data.

Sourced from a public register and reproduced with attribution. Drug Database is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or a partner of Swissmedic (Switzerland). This is an informational data service and not a medical device — verify against the official source of record before any clinical decision.

For developers

The same record over the API, and the raw payload

GET /v1/drugs/0d0ebbac-acf6-4367-92f1-a630ab2a5f0e
GET /v1/drugs/0d0ebbac-acf6-4367-92f1-a630ab2a5f0e?format=fhir

Every response carries last_synced_at, so freshness is a field rather than a promise. Below is exactly what the ingestion wrote, before any presentation — the same JSON the API returns under payload.

{
  "unit": null,
  "strength": "melphalanum 50 mg",
  "valid_from": "2025-04-01",
  "limitations": "[{\"description\":\"Vergütung ausschliesslich zur Behandlung des multiplen Myeloms und hochdosiert als Vorbereitung zur hämopoetischen Stammzell-Transplantation, entweder allein oder in Kombination mit Radiotherapie und/oder mit anderen zytostatischen Mitteln zur Konsolidierung des mit konventioneller Behandlung erreichten Resultates bei Neuroblastom bei Kindern und Jugendlichen und bei Multiplem Myelom.<br>\\n<br>\",\"costApproval\":null,\"indication\":\"\",\"isNew\":false,\"limitationCode\":null,\"priceModel\":null,\"validFrom\":\"2025-04-01\"}]",
  "galenic_form": "Trockensub 50 mg c Solv",
  "therapeutic_area": null,
  "sl_inclusion_date": "2025-04-01",
  "self_retention_pct": 10
}

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