Ireland· IE-PA-PA22643/003/001
Prednisolone 20 mg Rectal Foam
A prednisolone product containing prednisolone sodium metasulfobenzoate, registered in Ireland by Chemidex Pharma Limited.
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Informational only — not a medical device.
The record
At a glance
HPRA (Ireland)- Active substance
- Prednisolone sodium metasulfobenzoate
- Manufacturer
- Chemidex Pharma Limited
- Country
- Ireland (IE)
- ATC code
- D07AA03
- ATC class
- Prednisolone
- Reimbursed
- Not published by this register
- Source register
- HPRA (Ireland)
- Last checked
- September 28, 2026
Packs & prices · 1
- ie_pa_numberPA22643/003/001
Regulatory notes
No shortage, Orange Book or US label notes for this record.
Same medicine, other countries
Prednisolone in 2 other countries
What each register calls a product with the same active substance — salts and hydrates count as the same.
- FrancePREDNISOLONE ARROW 20 mg, comprimé effervescent sécableARROW GENERIQUES
- NorwaySolupredCheplapharm
Authorised across Europe · EMA
The same active substance is authorised in 2 EEA countries. Names it is sold under:
- France · Prednisolone Arrow, Prednisolone Arrow Lab
- United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) · Predenema, Predfoam
Source: European Medicines Agency, Article 57 product data.
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For developers
The same record over the API, and the raw payload
GET /v1/drugs/4c48d703-1792-4a0b-bd48-ba8ea3c1a295 GET /v1/drugs/4c48d703-1792-4a0b-bd48-ba8ea3c1a295?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": "Rectal foam",
"routes": [
"Rectal use"
],
"source": "hpra",
"atc_all": [
"D07AA",
"D07AA03"
],
"strength": null,
"pa_number": "PA22643/003/001",
"substances": [
"Prednisolone sodium metasulfobenzoate"
],
"legal_basis": "Not Currently Available",
"market_info": "Not marketed",
"authorised_at": "11/02/2011",
"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 prednisolone.
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.