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Switzerland· 67583001

Nilemdo 180 mg, Filmtabletten

A bempedoic acid product containing acidum bempedoicum, registered in Switzerland by Daiichi Sankyo (Schweiz) AG and dispensed under Swissmedic category B, on the national reimbursement list. The same ATC class is registered in 13 of our 19 countries.

Reimbursed in Switzerland (BAG SL)Cat B (Swissmedic)ATC C10AX15

Checked against Swissmedic (Switzerland) on

Informational only — not a medical device.

SOURCE REGISTER · CHSwissmedic (Switzerland)normalisedNilemdo 180 mg, FilmtablettenATCC10AX15REGISTER NO.67583001PACKS LISTED1CHECKEDSeptember 12, 2026

Where it is registered

Bempedoic acid is registered in 13 of 19 countries.

Countries holding a registration under ATC C10AX15 (bempedoic acid), each read from that country’s own register.

  • This record: Switzerland, from Swissmedic (Switzerland)
  • 9 of them publish a price we can compare per daily dose

Bempedoic acid · ATC C10AX15

13 / 19 countries

  • Belgiumprice
  • Czechiaprice
  • Denmark
  • Finlandprice
  • Icelandprice
  • Ireland
  • Italyprice
  • Netherlands
  • Norwayprice
  • Polandprice
  • 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 bempedoic acid costs, country by country.

Normalised to the WHO defined daily dose (0.18 g), the median price runs from $2.64 in Switzerland to $4.54 in Italy — a ×1.7 gap.

  • Switzerland: $2.64 per daily dose (median across products in the class)
  • Public list prices, converted to USD at the rate date shown

Bempedoic acid · price per daily dose (0.18 g)

USD · FX 28 Sept 2026

  • IT Italy$4.54
  • CH Switzerland$2.64
Median listed price per WHO defined daily dose, in each market that publishes a price. Open the full comparison

The record

At a glance

Swissmedic (Switzerland)
Active substance
acidum bempedoicum
Manufacturer
Daiichi Sankyo (Schweiz) AG
Country
Switzerland (CH)
ATC code
C10AX15
ATC class
Bempedoic acid
Defined daily dose
0.18 g, O
Swissmedic category
B
Reimbursed
Yes
Source register
Swissmedic (Switzerland)
Last checked
September 12, 2026

Packs & prices · 1

1 priced
  • gtin
    7680675830015
    Blist 28 Stk
    CHF 67.25

Regulatory notes

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

Interactions

35 interactions on record for bempedoic acid.

Graded by severity as the source publishes them — 20 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

Bempedoic acid · interactions on record

35 records

  • 20 severe
  • 15 moderate

Most severe, free to view

  • PrednisoloneA07EA01severe
  • HydrocortisoneA07EA02severe
  • PrednisoneA07EA03severe
  • BetamethasoneA07EA04severe
  • 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

Bempedoic acid in 15 other countries

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

All bempedoic acid products

Authorised across Europe · EMA

The same active substance is authorised in 3 EEA countries. Names it is sold under:

  • Iceland · Nilemdo
  • Liechtenstein · Nilemdo
  • Norway · Nilemdo

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 Swissmedic (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/c4d75f49-20ec-443e-bd0e-12185e72bf9f
GET /v1/drugs/c4d75f49-20ec-443e-bd0e-12185e72bf9f?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": "acidum bempedoicum 180 mg",
  "valid_from": "2024-04-01",
  "limitations": "[{\"description\":\"NILEMDO wird vergütet:<br>\\n- in Kombination mit einem Statin und Ezetimib<br>\\n- in Kombination mit Statin allein bei einer nachgewiesenen Ezetimib Unverträglichkeit<br>\\n- in Kombination mit Ezetimib allein bei einer nachgewiesenen Statin Unverträglichkeit<br>\\n<br>\\nZur Behandlung der Hypercholesterinämie bei:<br>\\n- Patienten mit hohem Risiko für eine atherosklerotische kardiovaskuläre Erkrankung gemäss AGLA-Risikokategorie und einem LDL-Cholesterinwert ≥ 1.8 mmol/L<br>\\n- Patienten mit sehr hohem Risiko für eine atherosklerotische kardiovaskuläre Erkrankung gemäss AGLA-Risikokategorie und einem LDL-Cholesterinwert ≥ 1.4 mmol/L<br>\\n<br>\\nNILEMDO wird nur vergütet,<br>\\n- wenn zuvor über mindestens 3 Monate mit der maximal verträglichen Dosierung einer intensivierten LDL-C senkenden Therapie mit einem Statin in Kombination mit Ezetimib (oder Statin bzw. Ezetimib alleine bei einer nachgewiesenen Ezetimib bzw. Statin Unverträglichkeit) die oben erwähnten LDL-C Werte nicht erreicht werden konnten.<br>\\n<br>\\nEine Unverträglichkeit gegenüber Statinen gilt als nachgewiesen, wenn<br>\\n- Therapieversuche mit mehreren Statinen zu Myalgien oder<br>\\n- einem Anstieg der Kreatinin-Kinase auf mindestens das Fünffache des oberen Normwertes führten oder<br>\\n- wenn durch ein Statin eine schwere Hepatopathie aufgetreten ist<br>\\n<br>\\nDie Behandlung darf nur fortgesetzt werden, wenn bei einer Kontrolle innerhalb von 6 Monaten nach Behandlungsbeginn der LDL-C Wert um mindestens 10% gesenkt wurde.<br>\\n<br>\\nDie Vergütung in Kombination mit der Anwendung von PCSK9-Inhibitoren oder -Senkern ist ausgeschlossen.<br>\\n<br>\\n\",\"costApproval\":null,\"indication\":\"\",\"isNew\":false,\"limitationCode\":null,\"priceModel\":null,\"validFrom\":\"2025-06-01\",\"validTo\":\"2027-04-30\"}]",
  "galenic_form": "Filmtabl 180 mg",
  "therapeutic_area": null,
  "sl_inclusion_date": "2022-04-01",
  "self_retention_pct": 10
}

See everything about bempedoic acid.

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.