Ireland· IE-PA-PA1077/082/001

Valtrex 250 mg Film-Coated Tablets

A valaciclovir product containing valaciclovir, registered in Ireland by GlaxoSmithKline (Ireland) Limited. The same ATC class is registered in 18 of our 19 countries.

ATC J05AB11

Checked against HPRA (Ireland) on September 28, 2026

Informational only — not a medical device.

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Where it is registered

Valaciclovir is registered in 18 of 19 countries.

Countries holding a registration under ATC J05AB11 (valaciclovir), each read from that country’s own register.

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

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Valaciclovir · ATC J05AB11

18 / 19 countries

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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 valaciclovir costs, country by country.

Normalised to the WHO defined daily dose (3 g), the median price runs from $1.30 in United States to $12.40 in Switzerland — a ×9.6 gap.

5 markets with a comparable price for this class
Public list prices, converted to USD at the rate date shown
US figures are pharmacy acquisition cost (CMS NADAC), not retail

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Valaciclovir · price per daily dose (3 g)

USD · FX 28 Sept 2026

CH Switzerland$12.40
IT Italy$9.73
ES Spain$7.89
FR France$4.81
US United States$1.30 (acquisition cost)

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The record

At a glance

HPRA (Ireland)

Active substance: Valaciclovir
Manufacturer: GlaxoSmithKline (Ireland) Limited
Country: Ireland (IE)
ATC code: J05AB11
ATC class: Valaciclovir
Defined daily dose: 3 g, O
Reimbursed: Not published by this register
Source register: HPRA (Ireland)
Last checked: September 28, 2026

Packs & prices · 1

ie_pa_number
PA1077/082/001

Regulatory notes

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

Interactions

226 interactions on record for valaciclovir.

Graded by severity as the source publishes them — 16 severe. Severity grades are free for everyone; mechanism and management come with Growth.

Severity for every pair — free, no plan needed
The source, licence and sync date on every record
Mechanism and what to do for each pair — Growth plan

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Valaciclovir · interactions on record

226 records

16 severe
29 moderate
2 minor
178 info

Most severe, free to view

TemsirolimusL01EG01severe
EverolimusL01EG02severe
SirolimusL01EG04severe
TemsirolimusL01XE09severe

1 more interaction with mechanism and management, from a commercially licensed source.

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

Valaciclovir in 16 other countries

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

All valaciclovir products

Authorised across Europe · EMA

The same active substance is authorised in 26 EEA countries. Names it is sold under:

Austria · Valaciclovir Actavis, Valaciclovir Allen
Belgium · Valaciclovir Ab, Valaciclovir Sandoz
Bulgaria · Валтрекс
Cyprus · Valtrex
Czechia · Valaciclovir +pharma, Valacilovir Viatris
Germany · Valaciclovir 1 A Pharma, Valaciclovir Aurobindo
Denmark · Valaciclovir "sandoz", Valaciclovir 1a Farma
Estonia · Valaciclovir Actavis, Valtrex
Spain · Tridiavir, Valaciclovir Almus
Finland · Flushnil, Valaciclovir Ratiopharm
France · Valaciclovir Almus, Valaciclovir Arrow
United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) · Valaciclovir Accord Healthcare, Valaciclovir Aristo
Greece · Valomed, Valtrex
Iceland · Valablis Forte, Valablis Normal
Italy · Talavir, Valaciclovir Aurobindo
Lithuania · Valaciclovir Actavis, Valtrex
Luxembourg · Zelitrex
Latvia · Valaciclovir Actavis, Valtrex
Netherlands · Valaciclovir Focus, Valaciclovir Hydrochloride Hydrate Aurobindo
Norway · Valaciclovir Sandoz, Valaciclovir Viatris
Poland · Vaciclor
Portugal · Valaciclovir Arpedex, Valaciclovir Aurobindo
Romania · Valaciclovir Arena, Valtrex
Sweden · Valaciclovir Actavis, Valaciclovir Bluefish
Slovenia · Valtrex
Slovakia · Valtrex

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/2a25059c-8663-458c-ad1b-2630aa23a88a
GET /v1/drugs/2a25059c-8663-458c-ad1b-2630aa23a88a?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": "Film-coated tablet",
  "routes": [
    "Oral use"
  ],
  "source": "hpra",
  "atc_all": [
    "J05AB",
    "J05AB11"
  ],
  "strength": null,
  "pa_number": "PA1077/082/001",
  "substances": [
    "Valaciclovir"
  ],
  "legal_basis": "Full application (Article 8(3) of Directive No 2001/83/EC)",
  "market_info": "Marketed",
  "authorised_at": "07/09/1999",
  "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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