Netherlands· NL-33f44f609af0

Metformine HCl Viatris 850 mg, filmomhulde tabletten

A metformin product containing metforminehydrochloride, registered in Netherlands by Viatris Limited. The same ATC class is registered in 19 of our 19 countries.

ATC A10BA02

Checked against CBG-MEB (Netherlands) on September 29, 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: Netherlands, from CBG-MEB (Netherlands)
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.

6 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

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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

CBG-MEB (Netherlands)

Active substance: METFORMINEHYDROCHLORIDE
Manufacturer: Viatris Limited
Country: Netherlands (NL)
ATC code: A10BA02
ATC class: Metformin
Defined daily dose: 2 g, O
Reimbursed: Not published by this register
Source register: CBG-MEB (Netherlands)
Last checked: September 29, 2026

Packs & prices · 1

cbg_meb_id
103639

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
France · Glimezit, 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
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 CBG-MEB (Netherlands). 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/c9a551af-5835-4cd0-8108-7eabb2fb675a
GET /v1/drugs/c9a551af-5835-4cd0-8108-7eabb2fb675a?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.

{
  "form": "Filmomhulde tablet",
  "route": "Oraal gebruik",
  "soort": "RVG",
  "source": "cbg_meb",
  "smpc_url": "https://www.geneesmiddeleninformatiebank.nl/smpc/h103639_smpc.pdf",
  "strength": null,
  "atc_label": "Metformin",
  "detail_url": "https://www.geneesmiddeleninformatiebank.nl/nl/rvg103639",
  "excipients": [
    "HYPROLOSE (E 463)",
    "HYPROMELLOSE 2910 (3 - 15 mPa.s) (E 464)",
    "MACROGOL 400",
    "MACROGOL 8000",
    "MAGNESIUMSTEARAAT (E 470b)",
    "POVIDON K 30 (E 1201)"
  ],
  "substances": [
    "METFORMINEHYDROCHLORIDE"
  ],
  "leaflet_url": "https://www.geneesmiddeleninformatiebank.nl/bijsluiters/h103639.pdf",
  "authorised_at": "2010/01/13",
  "procedure_number": "NL/H/1570/002",
  "dispensing_status": "Uitsluitend recept",
  "registration_number": "103639",
  "additional_monitoring": "N"
}

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