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United Kingdom· GB-APID-11775211000001105

Britacef 250mg powder for solution for injection vials

A cefuroxime product containing cefuroxime, registered in United Kingdom by Genus Pharmaceuticals Ltd. The same ATC class is registered in 15 of our 19 countries.

ATC J01DC02

Checked against NHS dm+d (United Kingdom) on

Informational only — not a medical device.

SOURCE REGISTER · GBNHS dm+d (United Kingdom)normalisedBritacef 250mg powder for solution fo…ATCJ01DC02REGISTER NO.GB-APID-1177521100000…PACKS LISTED0CHECKEDSeptember 13, 2026

Where it is registered

Cefuroxime is registered in 15 of 19 countries.

Countries holding a registration under ATC J01DC02 (cefuroxime), each read from that country’s own register.

  • This record: United Kingdom, from NHS dm+d (United Kingdom)
  • 9 of them publish a price we can compare per daily dose

Cefuroxime · ATC J01DC02

15 / 19 countries

  • Belgiumprice
  • Canada
  • Czechiaprice
  • Denmark
  • Finlandprice
  • Germany
  • Icelandprice
  • Ireland
  • Italyprice
  • Netherlands
  • Norwayprice
  • Polandprice
  • Switzerlandprice
  • United Kingdom
  • United Statesprice
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 cefuroxime costs, country by country.

Normalised to the WHO defined daily dose (0.5 g), the median price runs from $0.0038 in Finland to $4.41 in Switzerland — a ×1160 gap.

  • 3 markets with a comparable price for this class
  • Public list prices, converted to USD at the rate date shown

Cefuroxime · price per daily dose (0.5 g)

USD · FX 28 Sept 2026

  • CH Switzerland$4.41
  • IT Italy$1.06
  • FI Finland$0.0038
Median listed price per WHO defined daily dose, in each market that publishes a price. Open the full comparison

The record

At a glance

NHS dm+d (United Kingdom)
Active substance
Cefuroxime
Manufacturer
Genus Pharmaceuticals Ltd
Country
United Kingdom (GB)
ATC code
J01DC02
ATC class
Cefuroxime
Defined daily dose
0.5 g, O
Reimbursed
Not published by this register
Source register
NHS dm+d (United Kingdom)
Last checked
September 13, 2026

Packs & prices · 0

No packs listed by the register for this record.

Regulatory notes

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

Interactions

210 interactions on record for cefuroxime.

Graded by severity as the source publishes them — 46 moderate. 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

Cefuroxime · interactions on record

210 records

  • 46 moderate
  • 164 info

Most severe, free to view

  • Magnesium carbonateA02AA01moderate
  • Magnesium oxideA02AA02moderate
  • Magnesium hydroxideA02AA04moderate
  • Kombinationen von AluminiumsalzenA02AB10moderate
  • 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

Cefuroxime in 16 other countries

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

All cefuroxime products

Authorised across Europe · EMA

The same active substance is authorised in 29 EEA countries. Names it is sold under:

  • Austria · Aprokam, Cefuroxim Aptapharma
  • Belgium · Aprokam, Cefuroxim Fresenius Kabi
  • Bulgaria · Аксетин, Аксеф
  • Cyprus · Axetine, Cefurax
  • Czechia · Aprokam, Axetine
  • Germany · Aprokam, Cefurax
  • Denmark · Aprokam, Cefuroxim B. Braun
  • Estonia · Axetine, Cefuroxime Mip
  • Spain · Cefuroxima Alter, Cefuroxima Cinfa
  • Finland · Aprokam, Cefirion
  • France · Aprokam, Cefuroxime Arrow
  • Greece · Anaptivan, Cefur
  • Croatia · Axetine, Beloxim
  • Hungary · Cefuroxim Kabi, Cefuroxime Aptapharma
  • Ireland · Aprok, Ceftal
  • Iceland · Aprokam, Cefuroxim Fresenius Kabi
  • Italy · Aprokam, Cefuroxima K24 Pharmaceuticals
  • Lithuania · Axetine, Cefuroxime Mip
  • Luxembourg · Aprokam, Cefuroxim Fresenius
  • Latvia · Axetine, Cefuroxime Bcpp
  • Malta · Axetine, Cefuroxime Axetil Ccav
  • Netherlands · Aprokam, Cefuroxim Fresenius Kabi
  • Norway · Aprokam, Cefuroxim B. Braun
  • Poland · Aprokam, Biofuroksym
  • Portugal · Antibioxime, Aprokam
  • Romania · Aprokam, Axetine
  • Sweden · Aprokam, Cefuroxim Mip
  • Slovenia · Aprokam, Cefuroksim Aptapharma
  • Slovakia · Aprokam, Axetine

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 NHS dm+d (United Kingdom). 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/964e14d2-478c-423c-a919-846182a64cce
GET /v1/drugs/964e14d2-478c-423c-a919-846182a64cce?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.

{
  "apid": "11775211000001105",
  "desc": "Britacef 250mg powder for solution for injection vials (Genus Pharmaceuticals Ltd)",
  "form": "Powder for solution for injection",
  "vpid": "41945911000001109",
  "source": "dmd",
  "vtm_id": "775121004",
  "strength": "250 mg",
  "substance": "Cefuroxime",
  "ingredient": "Cefuroxime sodium",
  "supplier_code": "2945601000001100"
}

See everything about cefuroxime.

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.