Switzerland· 66411002
Veltassa 16.8 g, Pulver für orale Suspension
A patiromer calcium product containing patiromerum, registered in Switzerland by Vifor Fresenius Medical Care Renal Pharma Ltd. and dispensed under Swissmedic category B, on the national reimbursement list. The same ATC class is registered in 12 of our 19 countries.
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Informational only — not a medical device.
Where it is registered
Patiromer calcium is registered in 12 of 19 countries.
Countries holding a registration under ATC V03AE09 (patiromer calcium), each read from that country’s own register.
- This record: Switzerland, from Swissmedic (Switzerland)
- 7 of them publish a price we can compare per daily dose
Patiromer calcium · ATC V03AE09
12 / 19 countries
- Belgiumprice
- Canada
- Czechiaprice
- Denmark
- Finlandprice
- Icelandprice
- Ireland
- Japan
- Netherlands
- Norwayprice
- Polandprice
- Switzerlandprice
Price per daily dose
What a daily dose of patiromer calcium costs, country by country.
Normalised to the WHO defined daily dose (8.4 g), so markets compare like for like.
- Switzerland: $8.39 per daily dose (median across products in the class)
- Public list prices, converted to USD at the rate date shown
Patiromer calcium · price per daily dose (8.4 g)
USD · FX 28 Sept 2026
- CH Switzerland$8.39
The record
At a glance
Swissmedic (Switzerland)- Active substance
- patiromerum
- Manufacturer
- Vifor Fresenius Medical Care Renal Pharma Ltd.
- Country
- Switzerland (CH)
- ATC code
- V03AE09
- ATC class
- Patiromer calcium
- Defined daily dose
- 8.4 g, O
- Swissmedic category
- B
- Reimbursed
- Yes
- Source register
- Swissmedic (Switzerland)
- Last checked
- September 12, 2026
Packs & prices · 1
1 priced- gtin7680664110029Btl 30 StkCHF 208.75
Regulatory notes
No shortage, Orange Book or US label notes for this record.
Interactions
69 interactions on record for patiromer calcium.
Graded by severity as the source publishes them — 12 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
Patiromer calcium · interactions on record
69 records
- 12 severe
- 57 moderate
Most severe, free to view
- Magnesium carbonateA02AA01severe
- Magnesium oxideA02AA02severe
- Magnesium hydroxideA02AA04severe
- Kombinationen von AluminiumsalzenA02AB10severe
- 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
Patiromer calcium in 8 other countries
What each register calls a product with the same active substance — salts and hydrates count as the same.
- SwedenVeltassa 1,0 g Pulver till oral suspensionVifor Fresenius Medical Care Renal Pharma France
- PolandVeltassaVifor Fresenius Medical Care Renal Pharma France
- United StatesVELTASSAVifor Pharma, Inc.
- SpainVELTASSA 1 G POLVO PARA SUSPENSION ORALVifor Fresenius Medical Care Renal Pharma France
- CanadaVELTASSAVIFOR FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE RENAL PHARMA LTD
- ItalyVELTASSA*orale polv 30 bust 16,8 gVIFOR FRESENIUS M.C.R.P.FRANCE
- NorwayVeltassaVifor Fresenius Medical Care Renal Pharma France
- Japanパチロマーソルビテクスカルシウムゼリア新薬工業
Authorised across Europe · EMA
The same active substance is authorised in 3 EEA countries. Names it is sold under:
- Iceland · Veltassa
- Liechtenstein · Veltassa
- Norway · Veltassa
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 Swissmedic (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/a34fc49c-fc90-461e-9e80-568a307bdf46 GET /v1/drugs/a34fc49c-fc90-461e-9e80-568a307bdf46?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": "patiromerum 16.8 g",
"valid_from": "2022-12-01",
"limitations": "[{\"description\":\"VELTASSA wird vergütet bei erwachsenen, nicht dialysierten Patienten mit chronischer Niereninsuffizienz (Behandlungsbeginn muss in CKD-Stadium III oder IV erfolgen; die glomeruläre Filtrationsrate muss unter 60ml/min/1.73m2 liegen), die während einer Therapie mit einem Inhibitor des Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosteron-Systems eine chronisch rekurrierende und durch wiederholte Messungen festgestellte Hyperkaliämie entwickelten, und bei denen Kationenaustauscher eingesetzt werden müssen, da die nicht medikamentösen Massnahmen (Diät) und die bisherigen medikamentöse Massnahmen (z.B. kaliumsenkende Diuretika) zur Normalisierung des Kaliumspiegels (unter <5.5 mmol/L) nicht genügten.<br>\\n<br>\\nEs wird pro Monat maximal eine Packung VELTASSA mit den Dosisstärken 8.4g oder 16.8g vergütet. Benötigt ein Patient eine höhere Dosis als 16.8g pro Tag, erstattet die Vifor SA dem Krankenversicherer den Publikumspreis der zweiten Packung abzüglich der MwSt. zurück.<br>\\n<br>\",\"costApproval\":null,\"indication\":\"20709.01\",\"isNew\":false,\"limitationCode\":null,\"priceModel\":null,\"validFrom\":\"2023-07-01\"}]",
"galenic_form": "Plv 16.8 g",
"therapeutic_area": null,
"sl_inclusion_date": "2020-08-01",
"self_retention_pct": 10
}See everything about patiromer calcium.
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.