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Ireland· IE-PA-PA1131/001/004

Selesyn 500 micrograms/10 ml, solution for injection (50 micrograms/ml)

A sodium selenite product containing sodium selenite pentahydrate, registered in Ireland by biosyn Arzneimittel GmbH. The same ATC class is registered in 7 of our 19 countries.

ATC A12CE02

Checked against HPRA (Ireland) on

Informational only — not a medical device.

SOURCE REGISTER · IEHPRA (Ireland)normalisedSelesyn 500 micrograms/10 ml, solutio…ATCA12CE02REGISTER NO.IE-PA-PA1131/001/004PACKS LISTED1CHECKEDSeptember 28, 2026

Where it is registered

Sodium selenite is registered in 7 of 19 countries.

Countries holding a registration under ATC A12CE02 (sodium selenite), each read from that country’s own register.

  • This record: Ireland, from HPRA (Ireland)
  • 3 of them publish a price we can compare per daily dose

Sodium selenite · ATC A12CE02

7 / 19 countries

  • Belgiumprice
  • Denmark
  • Finlandprice
  • Ireland
  • Japan
  • Netherlands
  • Switzerlandprice
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.

The record

At a glance

HPRA (Ireland)
Active substance
Sodium selenite pentahydrate
Manufacturer
biosyn Arzneimittel GmbH
Country
Ireland (IE)
ATC code
A12CE02
ATC class
Sodium selenite
Defined daily dose
0.2 mg, O
Reimbursed
Not published by this register
Source register
HPRA (Ireland)
Last checked
September 28, 2026

Packs & prices · 1

  • ie_pa_number
    PA1131/001/004

Regulatory notes

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

Interactions

5 interactions on record for sodium selenite.

Graded by severity as the source publishes them — 1 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

Sodium selenite · interactions on record

5 records

  • 1 severe
  • 4 moderate

Most severe, free to view

  • DimercaprolV03AB09severe
  • TrientineA16AX12moderate
  • EltrombopagB02BX05moderate
  • LevofloxacinJ01MA12moderate
  • 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

Sodium selenite in 3 other countries

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

All sodium selenite products

Authorised across Europe · EMA

The same active substance is authorised in 13 EEA countries. Names it is sold under:

  • Austria · Selenase
  • Czechia · Selenase
  • Germany · Cefasel, Selen-Loges
  • Denmark · Selesyn
  • France · Selenium Panpharma
  • United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) · Selenase
  • Hungary · Selesyn
  • Italy · Selesyn
  • Luxembourg · Selenase Peroral, Selenase Pro Injectione
  • Netherlands · Selenase
  • Portugal · Selenase
  • Sweden · Selesyn
  • Slovakia · Selenase

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 HPRA (Ireland). 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/ca9da96e-40c5-4417-844a-cfac3f729a9c
GET /v1/drugs/ca9da96e-40c5-4417-844a-cfac3f729a9c?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": "Solution for injection",
  "routes": [
    "Intramuscular use",
    "Intravenous use"
  ],
  "source": "hpra",
  "atc_all": [
    "A12CE",
    "A12CE02"
  ],
  "strength": null,
  "pa_number": "PA1131/001/004",
  "substances": [
    "Sodium selenite pentahydrate"
  ],
  "legal_basis": "Well-established use application (Article 10a of Directive No 2001/83/EC)",
  "market_info": "Not marketed",
  "authorised_at": "26/05/2006",
  "dispensing_status": "Product subject to prescription which may not be renewed (A)",
  "registration_status": "AU",
  "supply_legal_status": "Supply through pharmacies only",
  "interchangeable_code": null
}

See everything about sodium selenite.

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.