Ireland· IE-PA-PA1226/005/003

Vancocin 500 mg powder for concentrate for solution for infusion and powder for oral solution

A vancomycin product containing vancomycin hydrochloride, registered in Ireland by Flynn Pharma Limited. The same ATC class is registered in 11 of our 19 countries.

ATC J01XA01

Checked against HPRA (Ireland) on September 28, 2026

Informational only — not a medical device.

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Where it is registered

Vancomycin is registered in 11 of 19 countries.

Countries holding a registration under ATC J01XA01 (vancomycin), each read from that country’s own register.

This record: Ireland, from HPRA (Ireland)
7 of them publish a price we can compare per daily dose

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Vancomycin · ATC J01XA01

11 / 19 countries

Belgiumprice
Canada
Czechiaprice
Denmark
Finlandprice
Icelandprice
Ireland
Netherlands
Norwayprice
Polandprice
Switzerlandprice

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 vancomycin costs, country by country.

Normalised to the WHO defined daily dose (2 g), the median price runs from $0.068 in Finland to $96.70 in Switzerland — a ×1424 gap.

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Vancomycin · price per daily dose (2 g)

USD · FX 28 Sept 2026

CH Switzerland$96.70
FI Finland$0.068

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The record

At a glance

HPRA (Ireland)

Active substance: VANCOMYCIN HYDROCHLORIDE
Manufacturer: Flynn Pharma Limited
Country: Ireland (IE)
ATC code: J01XA01
ATC class: Vancomycin
Defined daily dose: 2 g, P
Reimbursed: Not published by this register
Source register: HPRA (Ireland)
Last checked: September 28, 2026

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ie_pa_number
PA1226/005/003

Regulatory notes

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

Interactions

533 interactions on record for vancomycin.

Graded by severity as the source publishes them — 23 severe. Severity grades are free for everyone; mechanism and management come with Growth.

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Vancomycin · interactions on record

533 records

23 severe
99 moderate
411 info

Most severe, free to view

PiperacillinJ01CA12severe
Piperacillin und Beta-Lactamase-InhibitorJ01CR05severe
CidofovirJ05AB12severe
Humane Immunglobuline, unspezifisch, extravaskulärJ06BA01severe

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

Vancomycin in 16 other countries

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

All vancomycin products

Authorised across Europe · EMA

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

Austria · Vancocin, Vancomycin Aptapharma
Belgium · Vancomycine Fresenius Kabi, Vancomycine Sandoz
Bulgaria · Vancocin Cp, Ванко-Вм
Cyprus · Vanco, Vanco Sapiens
Czechia · Cedepos, Edicin
Germany · Vanco-Saar, Vancomycin "lederle"
Denmark · Bactocin, Vancocin
Estonia · Vancomycin Kabi, Vancosan
Spain · Vancomicina Mip, Vancomicina Noridem
Finland · Vancomycin Bioglan, Vancomycin Bioglan 500 Mg Pulver Till Koncentrat Till Infusionsvätska, Lösning
France · Vancomycine Hikma, Vancomycine Kabi
United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) · Vancocin, Vancocin Matrigel
Greece · Lyovanco, Vancomycin Noridem
Croatia · Edicin, Vancomicin Viatris
Hungary · Vancocin, Vancomycin Aptapharma
Iceland · Vancomycin Fresenius Kabi, Vancomycin Hameln
Italy · Levovanox, Maxivanil
Lithuania · Vancomycin Ibe, Vancomycin Kabi
Luxembourg · Vancomycin Enterocaps, Vancomycine
Latvia · Vancomycin Kabi, Vancosan
Malta · Cedepos, Vancomycin Aptapharma
Netherlands · Vancocin Cp, Vancomycine Fresenius Kabi
Norway · Vancomycin Fresenius Kabi, Vancomycin Hameln
Poland · Edicin, Vancomicina Reig Jofre
Portugal · Vancomicina Azevedos, Vancomicina Generis
Romania · Cedepos, Vancomicină Aptapharma
Sweden · Vancocin, Vancomycin Bioglan
Slovenia · Edicin, Vancomycin Viatris
Slovakia · Cedepos, Edicin

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 HPRA (Ireland). 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/1ff36f5c-37f1-4c9e-8793-0a2ad541b1cf
GET /v1/drugs/1ff36f5c-37f1-4c9e-8793-0a2ad541b1cf?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.

{
  "form": "Powder for concentrate for solution for infusion",
  "routes": [
    "Intravenous use",
    "Oral use"
  ],
  "source": "hpra",
  "atc_all": [
    "J01XA",
    "J01XA01"
  ],
  "strength": null,
  "pa_number": "PA1226/005/003",
  "substances": [
    "VANCOMYCIN HYDROCHLORIDE"
  ],
  "legal_basis": "Well-established use application (Article 10a of Directive No 2001/83/EC)",
  "market_info": "Not marketed",
  "authorised_at": "08/05/1981",
  "dispensing_status": "Product subject to prescription which may not be renewed (A)",
  "registration_status": "AU",
  "supply_legal_status": "Supply through pharmacies only",
  "interchangeable_code": null
}

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