Japan· JP-3969003F2090
アカルボース
A acarbose product containing アカルボース, registered in Japan by 沢井製薬, on the national reimbursement list. The same ATC class is registered in 13 of our 19 countries.
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Informational only — not a medical device.
Where it is registered
Acarbose is registered in 13 of 19 countries.
Countries holding a registration under ATC A10BF01 (acarbose), each read from that country’s own register.
- This record: Japan, from MHLW / PMDA (Japan)
- 9 of them publish a price we can compare per daily dose
Acarbose · ATC A10BF01
13 / 19 countries
- Belgiumprice
- Canada
- Czechiaprice
- Finlandprice
- Franceprice
- Germany
- Italyprice
- Japan
- Norwayprice
- Polandprice
- Spainprice
- United Kingdom
- United Statesprice
Price per daily dose
What a daily dose of acarbose costs, country by country.
Normalised to the WHO defined daily dose (0.3 g), the median price runs from $0.52 in Spain to $1.01 in United States — a ×1.9 gap.
- 4 markets with a comparable price for this class
- Public list prices, converted to USD at the rate date shown
- US figures are pharmacy acquisition cost (CMS NADAC), not retail
Acarbose · price per daily dose (0.3 g)
USD · FX 28 Sept 2026
- US United States$1.01 (acquisition cost)
- IT Italy$0.96
- FR France$0.65
- ES Spain$0.52
The record
At a glance
MHLW / PMDA (Japan)- Active substance
- アカルボース
- Manufacturer
- 沢井製薬
- Country
- Japan (JP)
- ATC code
- A10BF01
- ATC class
- Acarbose
- Defined daily dose
- 0.3 g, O
- Reimbursed
- Yes
- Source register
- MHLW / PMDA (Japan)
- Last checked
- September 25, 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
461 interactions on record for acarbose.
Graded by severity as the source publishes them — 8 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
Acarbose · interactions on record
461 records
- 8 severe
- 262 moderate
- 46 minor
- 145 info
Most severe, free to view
- MipomersenC10AX11severe
- LomitapideC10AX12severe
- GatifloxacinJ01MA16severe
- PexidartinibL01EX15severe
- 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 class
Other records under A10BF01
Acarbose, as other registers publish it.
- SpainACARBOSA FARMALIDER 100 MG COMPRIMIDOSFarmalider S.A.
- SpainACARBOSA FARMALIDER 50 MG COMPRIMIDOSFarmalider S.A.
- SpainACARBOSA QUALIGEN 100 mg COMPRIMIDOSNeuraxpharm Spain S.L.
- SpainACARBOSA QUALIGEN 50 mg COMPRIMIDOSNeuraxpharm Spain S.L.
- SpainACARBOSA TARBIS 100 mg COMPRIMIDOSTarbis Farma S.L.
- SpainACARBOSA TARBIS 50 mg COMPRIMIDOSTarbis Farma S.L.
- SpainACARBOSA TECNIGEN 100 mg COMPRIMIDOSTecnimede España Industria Farmaceutica S.A.
- SpainACARBOSA TECNIGEN 50 mg COMPRIMIDOSTecnimede España Industria Farmaceutica S.A.
Sourced from a public register and reproduced with attribution. Drug Database is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or a partner of MHLW / PMDA (Japan). 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/c32d2b32-e22a-49a1-ac47-d8defda9712d GET /v1/drugs/c32d2b32-e22a-49a1-ac47-d8defda9712d?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.
{
"spec": "１００ｍｇ１錠",
"marks": null,
"source": "mhlw",
"remarks": null,
"yj_code": "3969003F2090",
"category": "内用薬",
"price_yen": 19.3,
"generic_name": "アカルボース",
"product_name_jp": null,
"therapeutic_class": "3969",
"transitional_expiry": null
}See everything about acarbose.
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.