Switzerland· 26061075
Glucophage 1000
A metformin product containing metformini hydrochloridum, registered in Switzerland and dispensed under Swissmedic category B, on the national reimbursement list. The same ATC class is registered in 19 of our 19 countries.
Checked against BAG Spezialitätenliste (Switzerland) on
Informational only — not a medical device.
Where it is registered
Metformin is registered in 19 of 19 countries.
Countries holding a registration under ATC A10BA02 (metformin), each read from that country’s own register.
- This record: Switzerland, from BAG Spezialitätenliste (Switzerland)
- 11 of them publish a price we can compare per daily dose
Metformin · ATC A10BA02
19 / 19 countries
- Belgiumprice
- Canada
- Czechiaprice
- Denmark
- Finlandprice
- Franceprice
- Germany
- Icelandprice
- Ireland
- Italyprice
- Japan
- Netherlands
- Norwayprice
- Polandprice
- Spainprice
- Sweden
- Switzerlandprice
- United Kingdom
- United Statesprice
Price per daily dose
What a daily dose of metformin costs, country by country.
Normalised to the WHO defined daily dose (2 g), the median price runs from $0.10 in Spain to $0.52 in Switzerland — a ×5.0 gap.
- Switzerland: $0.52 per daily dose (median across products in the class)
- Public list prices, converted to USD at the rate date shown
- US figures are pharmacy acquisition cost (CMS NADAC), not retail
Metformin · price per daily dose (2 g)
USD · FX 28 Sept 2026
- CH Switzerland$0.52
- CZ Czechia$0.24
- IT Italy$0.19
- FR France$0.17
- US United States$0.11 (acquisition cost)
- ES Spain$0.10
The record
At a glance
BAG Spezialitätenliste (Switzerland)- Active substance
- metformini hydrochloridum
- Manufacturer
- —
- Country
- Switzerland (CH)
- ATC code
- A10BA02
- ATC class
- Metformin
- Defined daily dose
- 2 g, O
- Swissmedic category
- B
- Reimbursed
- Yes
- Source register
- BAG Spezialitätenliste (Switzerland)
- Last checked
- September 12, 2026
Packs & prices · 1
1 priced- gtin7680260610756120 StkCHF 16.2
Regulatory notes
No shortage, Orange Book or US label notes for this record.
Interactions
790 interactions on record for metformin.
Graded by severity as the source publishes them — 17 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
Metformin · interactions on record
790 records
- 17 severe
- 353 moderate
- 45 minor
- 370 info
Most severe, free to view
- EthanolB05XX04severe
- IoxilanV08AB12severe
- CimetidineA02BA01moderate
- RanitidineA02BA02moderate
5 more interactions with mechanism and management, from a commercially licensed source.
Sign in to check- 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
Metformin in 16 other countries
What each register calls a product with the same active substance — salts and hydrates count as the same.
- CzechiaBROTMINMedochemie Ltd., Limassol
- United StatesMetformin HClTIME CAP LABORATORIES, INC
- FinlandForminetSTADA Arzneimittel AG
- PolandAvaminaBioton S.A.
- FranceGLUCOPHAGE 1000 mg, comprimé pelliculé sécableDIFARMED (ESPAGNE)
- SwedenForminet 1000 mg Filmdragerad tablettSTADA Arzneimittel AG
- SpainBROTMIN 1000 MG COMPRIMIDOS RECUBIERTOS CON PELICULA EFGMedochemie Iberia S.A.
- ItalyMETFONORMABIOGEN PHARMA S.P.A.
Authorised across Europe · EMA
The same active substance is authorised in 30 EEA countries. Names it is sold under:
- Austria · Diabetex, Glucophage
- Belgium · Metformax, Metformin Activase 1000 Mg
- Bulgaria · Meglucon Xr, Metformin Interdos Pharma
- Cyprus · Brotmin, Glucophage
- Czechia · Brotmin, Glucomet
- Germany · Glucophage, Juformin
- Denmark · Forminet, Lyomet
- Estonia · Brotmin, Diabufor Xr
- Spain · Brotmin, Dianben
- Finland · Forminet, Glucophage
- France · Glimezit, Glucophage
- United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) · Abiano, Axpinet
- Greece · Glucoformin, Glucofree
- Croatia · Aglurab, Belformin
- Hungary · Adimet, Adimet Xr
- Ireland · Glucophage, Metformin Accord
- Iceland · Forminet, Glucophage
- Italy · Glucophage, Glucophage Unidie
- Lithuania · Brotmin, Metfogamma
- Luxembourg · Glucophage, Metformax
- Latvia · Brotmin, Glucient Sr
- Malta · Brotmin, Glyformin
- Netherlands · Glucient Sr, Glycofren
- Norway · Forminet, Glucophage
- Poland · Abmetfina Xr, Avamina
- Portugal · Allmet, Glucophage
- Romania · Brotmin, Glucophage
- Sweden · Forminet, Glucophage
- Slovenia · Aglurab, Glucophage
- Slovakia · Glucophage, Glucophage Xr
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 BAG Spezialitätenliste (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/815e553b-8ace-475c-9fc9-654d692d85a7 GET /v1/drugs/815e553b-8ace-475c-9fc9-654d692d85a7?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": "metformini hydrochloridum 1000 mg",
"valid_from": "2003-05-01",
"limitations": null,
"galenic_form": "Filmtabl 1000 mg",
"therapeutic_area": null,
"sl_inclusion_date": "2003-05-01",
"self_retention_pct": 10
}See everything about metformin.
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.