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Spain· ES:72222

METFORMINA VIATRIS 1000 MG COMPRIMIDOS RECUBIERTOS CON PELICULA EFG

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

ATC A10BA02

Checked against AEMPS CIMA (Spain) on

Informational only — not a medical device.

SOURCE REGISTER · ESAEMPS CIMA (Spain)normalisedMETFORMINA VIATRIS 1000 MG COMPRIMIDO…ATCA10BA02REGISTER NO.ES:72222PACKS LISTED2CHECKEDAugust 12, 2026

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: Spain, from AEMPS CIMA (Spain)
  • 11 of them publish a price we can compare per daily dose

Metformin · ATC A10BA02

19 / 19 countries

  • Belgiumprice
  • Canada
  • Czechiaprice
  • Denmark
  • Finlandprice
  • Franceprice
  • Germany
  • Icelandprice
  • Ireland
  • Italyprice
  • Japan
  • Netherlands
  • Norwayprice
  • Polandprice
  • Spainprice
  • Sweden
  • 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 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.

  • Spain: $0.10 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

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

AEMPS CIMA (Spain)
Active substance
metformina
Manufacturer
Viatris Limited
Country
Spain (ES)
ATC code
A10BA02
ATC class
Metformin
Defined daily dose
2 g, O
Reimbursed
Not published by this register
Source register
AEMPS CIMA (Spain)
Last checked
August 12, 2026

Packs & prices · 2

2 priced
  • cima_codigo
    689259
    50
    EUR 2.5
  • cima_codigo
    689260
    30
    EUR 1.86

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

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.

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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 AEMPS CIMA (Spain). 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/ce8baa44-fe41-43cf-8c06-2d4bc9e8fff3
GET /v1/drugs/ce8baa44-fe41-43cf-8c06-2d4bc9e8fff3?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.

{
  "cpresc": "Medicamento Sujeto A Prescripción Médica",
  "estado": "{\"aut\":1273183200000}",
  "nregistro": "72222",
  "substance": "metformina"
}

See everything about metformin.

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.