Switzerland· 55987005
Cefuroxim Sandoz
A cefuroxime product containing cefuroximum, registered in Switzerland and dispensed under Swissmedic category A, on the national reimbursement list. The same ATC class is registered in 15 of our 19 countries.
Checked against BAG Spezialitätenliste (Switzerland) on
Informational only — not a medical device.
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: Switzerland, from BAG Spezialitätenliste (Switzerland)
- 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
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.
- Switzerland: $4.41 per daily dose (median across products in the 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
The record
At a glance
BAG Spezialitätenliste (Switzerland)- Active substance
- cefuroximum
- Manufacturer
- —
- Country
- Switzerland (CH)
- ATC code
- J01DC02
- ATC class
- Cefuroxime
- Defined daily dose
- 0.5 g, O
- Swissmedic category
- A
- Reimbursed
- Yes
- Source register
- BAG Spezialitätenliste (Switzerland)
- Last checked
- September 12, 2026
Packs & prices · 1
1 priced- gtin7680559870052Blist 14 StkCHF 32.75
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.
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.
- PolandBioracefZakłady Farmaceutyczne POLPHARMA S.A.
- SpainCEFUROXIMA ALTER 500 MG COMPRIMIDOS RECUBIERTOS CON PELICULA EFGLaboratorios Alter S.A.
- ItalyCEFUROXIMA EGEG S.P.A.
- IrelandCefuroxime Aurobindo 500mg Film-coated tabletsAurobindo Pharma (Malta) Limited
- NetherlandsCefuroxim SUN 500 mg, filmomhulde tablettenSun Pharmaceutical Industries Europe B.V.
- IcelandKefzeroDay Zero ehf
- United KingdomAprokam 50mg powder for solution for injection vialsThea Pharmaceuticals Ltd
- FinlandAprokamLaboratoires Thea
Authorised across Europe · EMA
The same active substance is authorised in 30 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
- United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) · Aprokam, Cefuroxime
- 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 BAG Spezialitätenliste (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/b1f74cc4-d9cb-4831-bf42-ac4e1f5f40e1 GET /v1/drugs/b1f74cc4-d9cb-4831-bf42-ac4e1f5f40e1?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": "cefuroximum 500 mg",
"valid_from": "2025-02-01",
"limitations": null,
"galenic_form": "Filmtabl 500 mg",
"therapeutic_area": null,
"sl_inclusion_date": "2006-09-01",
"self_retention_pct": 10
}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.