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Finland· FI-REL-REL40371

Afamcivir

A famciclovir product containing famciclovir, registered in Finland by GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare ApS. The same ATC class is registered in 12 of our 19 countries.

ATC J05AB09

Checked against Fimea (Finland) on

Informational only — not a medical device.

SOURCE REGISTER · FIFimea (Finland)normalisedAfamcivirATCJ05AB09REGISTER NO.FI-REL-REL40371PACKS LISTED0CHECKEDSeptember 27, 2026
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Where it is registered

Famciclovir is registered in 12 of 19 countries.

Countries holding a registration under ATC J05AB09 (famciclovir), each read from that country’s own register.

  • This record: Finland, from Fimea (Finland)
  • 6 of them publish a price we can compare per daily dose
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Famciclovir · ATC J05AB09

12 / 19 countries

  • Canada
  • Denmark
  • Finlandprice
  • Germany
  • Icelandprice
  • Ireland
  • Italyprice
  • Netherlands
  • Norwayprice
  • 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 famciclovir costs, country by country.

Normalised to the WHO defined daily dose (1.5 g), the median price runs from $15.01 in Italy to $32.07 in Switzerland — a ×2.1 gap.

  • 4 markets with a comparable price for this class
  • Public list prices, converted to USD at the rate date shown
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Famciclovir · price per daily dose (1.5 g)

USD · FX 28 Sept 2026

  • CH Switzerland$32.07
  • ES Spain$21.31
  • FR France$20.36
  • IT Italy$15.01
Median listed price per WHO defined daily dose, in each market that publishes a price. Open the full comparison

The record

At a glance

Fimea (Finland)
Active substance
Famciclovir
Manufacturer
GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare ApS
Country
Finland (FI)
ATC code
J05AB09
ATC class
Famciclovir
Defined daily dose
1.5 g, O
Reimbursed
Not published by this register
Source register
Fimea (Finland)
Last checked
September 27, 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

118 interactions on record for famciclovir.

Graded by severity as the source publishes them — 5 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
Check famciclovir against other medicinesHow interaction checks work

Famciclovir · interactions on record

118 records

  • 5 moderate
  • 113 info

Most severe, free to view

  • PemetrexedL01BA04moderate
  • CladribineL01BB04moderate
  • Talimogene laherparepvecL01XL02moderate
  • Talimogen laherparepvecL01XX51moderate
  • 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

Famciclovir in 13 other countries

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

All famciclovir products

Authorised across Europe · EMA

The same active substance is authorised in 16 EEA countries. Names it is sold under:

  • Austria · Famvir
  • Cyprus · Famvir
  • Germany · Famvir
  • Denmark · Famciclovir Viatris, Famvir
  • Spain · Famciclovir Normon, Famciclovir Pensa
  • France · Oravir
  • United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) · Famciclovir Accord Healthcare, Famciclovir Cadila Pharmaceuticals (Europe)
  • Greece · Famcilet, Famvir
  • Hungary · Famvir
  • Ireland · Famciclovir Teva, Famvir
  • Iceland · Famvir
  • Italy · Coirgen, Famciclovir Mylan Generics
  • Malta · Famvir
  • Netherlands · Famciclovir Double-E Pharma, Famciclovir Sandoz
  • Sweden · Famvir
  • Slovakia · Famciclovir Teva

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 Fimea (Finland). 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/b01af16d-c369-40dd-a755-34216c49a857
GET /v1/drugs/b01af16d-c369-40dd-a755-34216c49a857?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.

{
  "ddd": "0.75",
  "form": "tabletti, kalvopäällysteinen",
  "route": null,
  "ddd_unit": "g",
  "strength": "500 mg",
  "atc_label": "famsikloviiri",
  "ma_number": "30048",
  "auth_status": "Myyntilupa peruuntunut",
  "eu_ma_number": null,
  "fimea_rel_id": "REL40371",
  "authorised_at": "2013-12-23"
}
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See everything about famciclovir.

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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