Ireland· IE-PA-EU/1/99/128/015
Viraferon
A medicinal product containing interferon alfa-2b, registered in Ireland by Schering Plough Europe.
Checked against HPRA (Ireland) on
Informational only — not a medical device.
The record
At a glance
HPRA (Ireland)- Active substance
- Interferon alfa-2b
- Manufacturer
- Schering Plough Europe
- Country
- Ireland (IE)
- ATC code
- —
- Reimbursed
- Not published by this register
- Source register
- HPRA (Ireland)
- Last checked
- September 28, 2026
Packs & prices · 1
- ie_pa_numberEU/1/99/128/015
Regulatory notes
No shortage, Orange Book or US label notes for this record.
Same medicine, other countries
Interferon alfa-2b in 5 other countries
What each register calls a product with the same active substance — salts and hydrates count as the same.
- FinlandIntronaMerck Sharp & Dohme Limited
- United KingdomInterferon alfa-2b 1million units/ml eye drops preservative freeSpecial Order
- BelgiumIntronA 10000000 IU/mlMerck Sharp & Dohme
- NetherlandsIntronA 18 miljoen IE, oplossing voor injectie in een multidosis penMerck Sharp & Dohme B.V.
- SpainINTRONA 10 MILLONES DE UI/ml SOLUCION INYECTABLE O PARA PERFUSIONMerck Sharp & Dohme B.V.
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For developers
The same record over the API, and the raw payload
GET /v1/drugs/4bfaf423-b6ea-4345-af66-650cfc2f73a6 GET /v1/drugs/4bfaf423-b6ea-4345-af66-650cfc2f73a6?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": "Solution for injection",
"routes": null,
"source": "hpra",
"atc_all": null,
"strength": null,
"pa_number": "EU/1/99/128/015",
"substances": [
"Interferon alfa-2b"
],
"legal_basis": "Full application (Article 8(3) of Directive No 2001/83/EC)",
"market_info": "Unknown",
"authorised_at": "09/03/2000",
"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
}See everything about interferon alfa-2b.
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.