United Kingdom· GB-APID-37428011000001101

Actos 15mg tablets

A pioglitazone product containing pioglitazone, registered in United Kingdom by CST Pharma Ltd. The same ATC class is registered in 18 of our 19 countries.

ATC A10BG03

Checked against NHS dm+d (United Kingdom) on September 13, 2026

Informational only — not a medical device.

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Where it is registered

Pioglitazone is registered in 18 of 19 countries.

Countries holding a registration under ATC A10BG03 (pioglitazone), each read from that country’s own register.

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

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Pioglitazone · ATC A10BG03

18 / 19 countries

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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 pioglitazone costs, country by country.

Normalised to the WHO defined daily dose (30 mg), the median price runs from $0.11 in United States to $1.64 in Switzerland — a ×14 gap.

4 markets with a comparable price for this class
Public list prices, converted to USD at the rate date shown
US figures are pharmacy acquisition cost (CMS NADAC), not retail

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Pioglitazone · price per daily dose (30 mg)

USD · FX 28 Sept 2026

CH Switzerland$1.64
ES Spain$1.22
IT Italy$0.81
US United States$0.11 (acquisition cost)

Median listed price per WHO defined daily dose, in each market that publishes a price. US = pharmacy acquisition cost (CMS NADAC), not a retail price. Open the full comparison

The record

At a glance

NHS dm+d (United Kingdom)

Active substance: Pioglitazone
Manufacturer: CST Pharma Ltd
Country: United Kingdom (GB)
ATC code: A10BG03
ATC class: Pioglitazone
Defined daily dose: 30 mg, O
Reimbursed: Not published by this register
Source register: NHS dm+d (United Kingdom)
Last checked: September 13, 2026

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Regulatory notes

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

Interactions

732 interactions on record for pioglitazone.

Graded by severity as the source publishes them — 11 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

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Pioglitazone · interactions on record

732 records

11 severe
302 moderate
63 minor
355 info

Most severe, free to view

ClopidogrelB01AC04severe
GemfibrozilC10AB04severe
MipomersenC10AX11severe
LomitapideC10AX12severe

1 more interaction with mechanism and management, from a commercially licensed source.

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

Pioglitazone in 16 other countries

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

All pioglitazone products

Authorised across Europe · EMA

The same active substance is authorised in 17 EEA countries. Names it is sold under:

Bulgaria · Pioglitazone Sanovel, Пизона
Cyprus · Zipion
Czechia · Novapio, Pioglitazon Viatris
Germany · Pioglitazon Aurobindo
Spain · Pioglitazona Aurovitas, Pioglitazona Cinfa
Greece · Glitact, Raglitan
Croatia · Novapio, Pioglitazon Pliva
Iceland · Actos, Pioglitazone Accord
Italy · Pioglitazone Aurobindo, Pioglitazone Doc Generici
Liechtenstein · Actos, Pioglitazone Accord
Latvia · Zipion
Malta · Novapio
Netherlands · Pioglitazone Hydrochloride Aurobindo, Pioglitazone Sanovel
Norway · Actos, Pioglitazone Accord
Poland · Pioglitazone Bioton
Portugal · Pioglitazona Atrolex, Pioglitazona Aurovitas
Sweden · Pioglitazone Holsten

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/987ccdc6-2cce-4016-b13d-92fdd0a056a4
GET /v1/drugs/987ccdc6-2cce-4016-b13d-92fdd0a056a4?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": "37428011000001101",
  "desc": "Actos 15mg tablets (CST Pharma Ltd)",
  "form": "Oral tablet",
  "vpid": "42086211000001105",
  "source": "dmd",
  "vtm_id": "777205002",
  "strength": "15 mg",
  "substance": "Pioglitazone",
  "ingredient": "Pioglitazone hydrochloride",
  "supplier_code": "24059811000001102"
}

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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.

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