United Kingdom· GB-APID-34468011000001101
Mercaptopurine 50mg tablets
A mercaptopurine product containing mercaptopurine, registered in United Kingdom by A A H Pharmaceuticals Ltd. The same ATC class is registered in 17 of our 19 countries.
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Informational only — not a medical device.
Where it is registered
Mercaptopurine is registered in 17 of 19 countries.
Countries holding a registration under ATC L01BB02 (mercaptopurine), 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
Mercaptopurine · ATC L01BB02
17 / 19 countries
- Belgiumprice
- Canada
- Czechiaprice
- Denmark
- Finlandprice
- Franceprice
- Germany
- Icelandprice
- Ireland
- Italyprice
- Netherlands
- Norwayprice
- Polandprice
- Sweden
- Switzerlandprice
- United Kingdom
- United Statesprice
Price per daily dose
What a daily dose of mercaptopurine costs, country by country.
Normalised to the WHO defined daily dose (0.175 g), the median price runs from $2.01 in France to $13.99 in Switzerland — a ×6.9 gap.
- 3 markets with a comparable price for this class
- Public list prices, converted to USD at the rate date shown
Mercaptopurine · price per daily dose (0.175 g)
USD · FX 28 Sept 2026
- CH Switzerland$13.99
- IT Italy$5.09
- FR France$2.01
The record
At a glance
NHS dm+d (United Kingdom)- Active substance
- Mercaptopurine
- Manufacturer
- A A H Pharmaceuticals Ltd
- Country
- United Kingdom (GB)
- ATC code
- L01BB02
- ATC class
- Mercaptopurine
- Defined daily dose
- 0.175 g, O
- Reimbursed
- Not published by this register
- Source register
- NHS dm+d (United Kingdom)
- Last checked
- September 13, 2026
Packs & prices · 1
- gtin5025903038535
Regulatory notes
No shortage, Orange Book or US label notes for this record.
Interactions
324 interactions on record for mercaptopurine.
Graded by severity as the source publishes them — 38 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
Mercaptopurine · interactions on record
324 records
- 38 severe
- 117 moderate
- 18 minor
- 147 info
Most severe, free to view
- MipomersenC10AX11severe
- LomitapideC10AX12severe
- RibavirinJ05AB04severe
- RibavirinJ05AP01severe
4 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
Mercaptopurine in 16 other countries
What each register calls a product with the same active substance — salts and hydrates count as the same.
- SwedenMercaptopurine Accord 50 mg TablettAccord Healthcare B.V.
- IrelandMercaptopurine Silver Pharma 50 mg tabletsSilver Pharma S.L.
- SpainMERCAPTOPURINA ASPEN 50 MG COMPRIMIDOSAspen Pharma Trading Limited
- United StatesMercaptopurineHikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc.
- FinlandMercaptopurin OrionOrion Corporation
- NetherlandsMercaptopurine Accord 50 mg, tablettenAccord Healthcare B.V.
- NorwayPuri-NetholAspen Pharma Trading Limited
- IcelandPuri-netholAspen Pharma Trading Limited
Authorised across Europe · EMA
The same active substance is authorised in 24 EEA countries. Names it is sold under:
- Austria · Mercaptopurin Silver, Puri-Nethol
- Belgium · Puri-Nethol
- Bulgaria · Пури-Нетол
- Czechia · Merkaptopurin Avmc, Puri-Nethol
- Germany · Medipurin, Mercaptopurin-Medice
- Denmark · Mercaptopurine Accord, Mercaptopurine Silver Pharma
- Estonia · Puri-Nethol
- Spain · Mercaptopurina, Mercaptopurina Qualix
- Finland · Mercaptopurin Orion, Purimmun
- France · Purinethol
- Ireland · Mercaptopurine Silver Pharma, Puri-Nethol
- Iceland · Puri-Nethol, Purimmun
- Italy · Purinethol
- Lithuania · Puri-Nethol
- Luxembourg · Puri-Nethol
- Malta · Puri-Nethol
- Netherlands · Mercaptopurine Accord, Puri-Nethol
- Norway · Mercaptopurine Accord, Merkaptopurin Silver
- Poland · Mercaptopurinum Vis
- Portugal · Mercaptopurina Accord, Mercaptopurina Silver
- Romania · Mercaptopurină Accord, Puri-Nethol
- Sweden · Mercaptopurine Accord, Mercaptopurine Silver
- Slovenia · Puri-Nethol
- Slovakia · Puri-Nethol
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/ac19cc0a-c29a-47f2-91c9-6dd830f546cd GET /v1/drugs/ac19cc0a-c29a-47f2-91c9-6dd830f546cd?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": "34468011000001101",
"desc": "Mercaptopurine 50mg tablets (A A H Pharmaceuticals Ltd)",
"form": "Oral tablet",
"vpid": "41791811000001102",
"source": "dmd",
"vtm_id": "776689006",
"strength": "50 mg",
"substance": "Mercaptopurine",
"ingredient": "Mercaptopurine",
"supplier_code": "3144701000001104"
}See everything about mercaptopurine.
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.