Ireland· IE-PA-PA2242/013/002

Nexium 20 mg gastro-resistant tablets

A esomeprazole product containing esomeprazole magnesium trihydrate, registered in Ireland by Grunenthal Pharma Limited.. The same ATC class is registered in 19 of our 19 countries.

ATC A02BC05

Checked against HPRA (Ireland) on September 28, 2026

Informational only — not a medical device.

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Where it is registered

Esomeprazole is registered in 19 of 19 countries.

Countries holding a registration under ATC A02BC05 (esomeprazole), each read from that country’s own register.

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

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Esomeprazole · ATC A02BC05

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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 esomeprazole costs, country by country.

Normalised to the WHO defined daily dose (20 mg), the median price runs from $0.12 in France to $0.69 in Switzerland — a ×5.7 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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Esomeprazole · price per daily dose (20 mg)

USD · FX 28 Sept 2026

CH Switzerland$0.69
ES Spain$0.51
IT Italy$0.34
US United States$0.25 (acquisition cost)
FI Finland$0.21
FR France$0.12

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

HPRA (Ireland)

Active substance: Esomeprazole magnesium trihydrate
Manufacturer: Grunenthal Pharma Limited.
Country: Ireland (IE)
ATC code: A02BC05
ATC class: Esomeprazole
Defined daily dose: 20 mg, O
Reimbursed: Not published by this register
Source register: HPRA (Ireland)
Last checked: September 28, 2026

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ie_pa_number
PA2242/013/002

Regulatory notes

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

Interactions

201 interactions on record for esomeprazole.

Graded by severity as the source publishes them — 24 severe. Severity grades are free for everyone; mechanism and management come with Growth.

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Esomeprazole · interactions on record

201 records

24 severe
122 moderate
45 minor

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ClopidogrelB01AC04severe
NelfinavirJ05AE04severe
AtazanavirJ05AE08severe
RilpivirineJ05AG05severe

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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

Esomeprazole in 16 other countries

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

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Authorised across Europe · EMA

The same active substance is authorised in 30 EEA countries. Names it is sold under:

Austria · Durotiv, Esomeprazol +pharma
Belgium · Esomeprazol Ab, Esomeprazole Ab
Bulgaria · Esomeprazole Tchaikapharma, Refstop
Cyprus · Demolox, Esomeprazole Krka
Czechia · Emanera, Esomeprazole Olikla
Germany · Esogasec, Esomeaxiro
Denmark · Abigerd, Dansiglat
Estonia · Elfimest, Escadra
Spain · Axiago, Emanera
Finland · Acidal, Esomeprazol Actavis
France · Celardes, Esodomin
United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) · Asda Heartburn And Acid Reflux Control, Boots Heartburn And Acid Reflux Control
Greece · Demolox, Epivetier
Croatia · Cidiref, Emanera
Hungary · Emanera, Emozul
Iceland · Esomeprazol Actavis, Esomeprazol Hexal
Italy · Abigerd, Ariliar
Liechtenstein · Nexium Control
Lithuania · Elfimest, Escadra
Luxembourg · Esomeprazol Ab, Esomeprazol Ratiopharm
Latvia · Elfimest, Escadra
Malta · Emazole, Emazole Control
Netherlands · Esobax, Esomeprazol Accord
Norway · Esogrc, Esomeprazol Actavis
Poland · Alugastrin, Emanera
Portugal · Demoel, Esomeprazol Accord
Romania · Emanera, Esomeprazol Rompharm
Sweden · Axiago, Cativa
Slovenia · Emozul, Eslaver
Slovakia · Dereflin, Emanera

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/d6f2d3d1-ba30-4c66-915e-23f535e4d07e
GET /v1/drugs/d6f2d3d1-ba30-4c66-915e-23f535e4d07e?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": "Gastro-resistant tablet",
  "routes": [
    "Oral use"
  ],
  "source": "hpra",
  "atc_all": [
    "A02BC",
    "A02BC05"
  ],
  "strength": null,
  "pa_number": "PA2242/013/002",
  "substances": [
    "Esomeprazole magnesium trihydrate"
  ],
  "legal_basis": "Full application (Article 8(3) of Directive No 2001/83/EC)",
  "market_info": "Marketed",
  "authorised_at": "18/08/2000",
  "dispensing_status": "Product subject to prescription which may be renewed (B)",
  "registration_status": "AU",
  "supply_legal_status": "Supply through pharmacies only",
  "interchangeable_code": "IC0004-003-016"
}

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