France· FR:69294611

METFORMINE VIATRIS 1000 mg, comprimé dispersible

A metformin product containing chlorhydrate de metformine, registered in France by VIATRIS SANTE, on the national reimbursement list. The same ATC class is registered in 19 of our 19 countries.

Reimbursed in France (Assurance maladie)ATC A10BA02

Checked against Base de données publique des médicaments — BDPM (France) on September 12, 2026

Informational only — not a medical device.

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Where it is registered

Metformin is registered in 19 of 19 countries.

Countries holding a registration under ATC A10BA02 (metformin), each read from that country’s own register.

This record: France, from Base de données publique des médicaments — BDPM (France)
11 of them publish a price we can compare per daily dose

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Metformin · ATC A10BA02

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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 metformin costs, country by country.

Normalised to the WHO defined daily dose (2 g), the median price runs from $0.10 in Spain to $0.52 in Switzerland — a ×5.0 gap.

France: $0.17 per daily dose (median across products in the 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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Metformin · price per daily dose (2 g)

USD · FX 28 Sept 2026

CH Switzerland$0.52
CZ Czechia$0.24
IT Italy$0.19
FR France$0.17
US United States$0.11 (acquisition cost)
ES Spain$0.10

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

Base de données publique des médicaments — BDPM (France)

Active substance: CHLORHYDRATE DE METFORMINE
Manufacturer: VIATRIS SANTE
Country: France (FR)
ATC code: A10BA02
ATC class: Metformin
Defined daily dose: 2 g, O
Reimbursed: Yes
Source register: Base de données publique des médicaments — BDPM (France)
Last checked: September 12, 2026

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1 priced

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plaquette(s) PVC PVDC aluminium de 30 comprimÃ©(s)
EUR 1.95

Regulatory notes

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

Interactions

790 interactions on record for metformin.

Graded by severity as the source publishes them — 17 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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Metformin · interactions on record

790 records

17 severe
353 moderate
45 minor
370 info

Most severe, free to view

EthanolB05XX04severe
IoxilanV08AB12severe
CimetidineA02BA01moderate
RanitidineA02BA02moderate

5 more interactions 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

Metformin in 16 other countries

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

All metformin products

Authorised across Europe · EMA

The same active substance is authorised in 29 EEA countries. Names it is sold under:

Austria · Diabetex, Glucophage
Belgium · Metformax, Metformin Activase 1000 Mg
Bulgaria · Meglucon Xr, Metformin Interdos Pharma
Cyprus · Brotmin, Glucophage
Czechia · Brotmin, Glucomet
Germany · Glucophage, Juformin
Denmark · Forminet, Lyomet
Estonia · Brotmin, Diabufor Xr
Spain · Brotmin, Dianben
Finland · Forminet, Glucophage
United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) · Abiano, Axpinet
Greece · Glucoformin, Glucofree
Croatia · Aglurab, Belformin
Hungary · Adimet, Adimet Xr
Ireland · Glucophage, Metformin Accord
Iceland · Forminet, Glucophage
Italy · Glucophage, Glucophage Unidie
Lithuania · Brotmin, Metfogamma
Luxembourg · Glucophage, Metformax
Latvia · Brotmin, Glucient Sr
Malta · Brotmin, Glyformin
Netherlands · Glucient Sr, Glycofren
Norway · Forminet, Glucophage
Poland · Abmetfina Xr, Avamina
Portugal · Allmet, Glucophage
Romania · Brotmin, Glucophage
Sweden · Forminet, Glucophage
Slovenia · Aglurab, Glucophage
Slovakia · Glucophage, Glucophage Xr

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 Base de données publique des médicaments — BDPM (France). 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/b6d21c6d-7803-4111-b409-baadf11ecb1c
GET /v1/drugs/b6d21c6d-7803-4111-b409-baadf11ecb1c?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.

{
  "cis": "69294611",
  "date_amm": "2007-04-26",
  "type_amm": "Procédure de reconnaissance mutuelle",
  "numero_ue": null,
  "substance": "CHLORHYDRATE DE METFORMINE",
  "atc_source": "fr_atc_restore_2026-09-06",
  "statut_amm": "Autorisation active",
  "statut_bdm": null,
  "forme_pharmaceutique": "comprimé dispersible",
  "voies_administration": "orale",
  "etat_commercialisation": "Commercialisée",
  "surveillance_renforcee": "Non"
}

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