Switzerland· 49748024
Zentel, Kautabletten
A albendazole product containing albendazolum, registered in Switzerland by GlaxoSmithKline AG and dispensed under Swissmedic category B, on the national reimbursement list. The same ATC class is registered in 10 of our 19 countries.
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Informational only — not a medical device.
Where it is registered
Albendazole is registered in 10 of 19 countries.
Countries holding a registration under ATC P02CA03 (albendazole), each read from that country’s own register.
- This record: Switzerland, from Swissmedic (Switzerland)
- 6 of them publish a price we can compare per daily dose
Albendazole · ATC P02CA03
10 / 19 countries
- Czechiaprice
- Franceprice
- Germany
- Japan
- Netherlands
- Norwayprice
- Polandprice
- Switzerlandprice
- United Kingdom
- United Statesprice
Price per daily dose
What a daily dose of albendazole costs, country by country.
Normalised to the WHO defined daily dose (0.8 g), the median price runs from $5.63 in France to $36.54 in Switzerland — a ×6.5 gap.
- Switzerland: $36.54 per daily dose (median across products in the class)
- Public list prices, converted to USD at the rate date shown
Albendazole · price per daily dose (0.8 g)
USD · FX 28 Sept 2026
- CH Switzerland$36.54
- FR France$5.63
The record
At a glance
Swissmedic (Switzerland)- Active substance
- albendazolum
- Manufacturer
- GlaxoSmithKline AG
- Country
- Switzerland (CH)
- ATC code
- P02CA03
- ATC class
- Albendazole
- Defined daily dose
- 0.8 g, O
- Swissmedic category
- B
- Reimbursed
- Yes
- Source register
- Swissmedic (Switzerland)
- Last checked
- September 12, 2026
Packs & prices · 1
1 priced- gtin76804974802451 StkCHF 15.15
Regulatory notes
No shortage, Orange Book or US label notes for this record.
Interactions
114 interactions on record for albendazole.
Graded by severity as the source publishes them — 3 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
Albendazole · interactions on record
114 records
- 3 severe
- 102 moderate
- 9 minor
Most severe, free to view
- CladribineL01BB04severe
- CladribineL04AA40severe
- ClozapineN05AH02severe
- AprepitantA04AD12moderate
- 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.
Same medicine, other countries
Albendazole in 12 other countries
What each register calls a product with the same active substance — salts and hydrates count as the same.
- PolandZentelInPharm Sp. z o.o.
- United KingdomAlbendazole 400mg chewable tabletsSpecial Order
- NorwayAlbendazol micro labsMicro Labs
- United StatesAlbendazoleAlembic Pharmaceuticals Limited
- NetherlandsEskazole 400 mg tablettenBModesto B.V.
- FranceESKAZOLE 400 mg, compriméGLAXOSMITHKLINE
- GermanyAlbendazol Micro LabsMicro Labs Gmbh
- ItalyZENTEL*3 cpr 400 mgLABORATOIRE GLAXOSMITHKLINE
Authorised across Europe · EMA
The same active substance is authorised in 17 EEA countries. Names it is sold under:
- Austria · Eskazole
- Bulgaria · Зентел
- Cyprus · Zestaval
- Germany · Albendazol Micro Labs, Eskazole
- Spain · Eskazole
- France · Eskazole, Zentel
- United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) · Albendazole Brown & Burk Uk
- Greece · Albendol
- Hungary · Albendazol Pharma Vim
- Italy · Zentel
- Luxembourg · Albendazol Micro Labs
- Malta · Zestaval
- Netherlands · Eskazole
- Poland · Zentel
- Portugal · Zentel
- Romania · Albendazol Vim Spectrum, Duador
- Slovakia · Zentel
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/3700a597-57df-460c-8f78-a7e0b5f2c19c GET /v1/drugs/3700a597-57df-460c-8f78-a7e0b5f2c19c?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": "albendazolum 400 mg",
"valid_from": "1995-03-15",
"limitations": "[{\"description\":\"Behandlung intestinaler Einzel- und Mehrfachparasitosen mit folgenden Helminthen und Parasiten:<br>\\nNematoden: Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, Enterobius vermicularis, Ankylostoma duodenale, Necator americanus, Strongyloides stercoralis.<br>\\nTrematoden: Clonorchis sinensis, Opisthorchis viverrini.<br>\\nCestoden: Taenia solium, Taenia saginata, Hymenolepis nana, sofern sie im Rahmen einer Mehrfachparasitose mit Nematoden auftreten. Bei ausschliesslichem Befall mit Taenien oder anderen Cestoden sollte Zentel nicht gegeben werden.<br>\\nProtozoen: Giardia lamblia bei Kindern im Alter von 2-12 Jahren.<br>\\n<br>\\n\",\"costApproval\":null,\"indication\":\"\",\"isNew\":false,\"limitationCode\":null,\"priceModel\":null,\"validFrom\":\"2025-05-01\"}]",
"galenic_form": "Kautabl 400 mg",
"therapeutic_area": null,
"sl_inclusion_date": "1995-03-15",
"self_retention_pct": 10
}See everything about albendazole.
This page is the registration. A free account adds the label text as the regulator wrote it, what it costs per daily dose across the markets that publish a price, a feed of what changes in the registers, and an assistant that answers with its sources. Interaction severity is free; mechanism and management are on the Growth plan. No card, nothing to install.