Ireland· IE-PA-PA0740/003/004

Simvastatin 40 mg film-coated tablets

A simvastatin product containing simvastatin, registered in Ireland by Genthon B.V.. The same ATC class is registered in 17 of our 19 countries.

ATC C10AA01

Checked against HPRA (Ireland) on September 28, 2026

Informational only — not a medical device.

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Where it is registered

Simvastatin is registered in 17 of 19 countries.

Countries holding a registration under ATC C10AA01 (simvastatin), each read from that country’s own register.

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

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Simvastatin · ATC C10AA01

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Price per daily dose

What a daily dose of simvastatin costs, country by country.

Normalised to the WHO defined daily dose (30 mg), the median price runs from $0.17 in France to $0.97 in Switzerland — a ×5.9 gap.

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Simvastatin · price per daily dose (30 mg)

USD · FX 28 Sept 2026

CH Switzerland$0.97
IT Italy$0.33
FR France$0.17

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The record

At a glance

HPRA (Ireland)

Active substance: Simvastatin
Manufacturer: Genthon B.V.
Country: Ireland (IE)
ATC code: C10AA01
ATC class: Simvastatin
Defined daily dose: 30 mg, O
Reimbursed: Not published by this register
Source register: HPRA (Ireland)
Last checked: September 28, 2026

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ie_pa_number
PA0740/003/004

Regulatory notes

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

Interactions

889 interactions on record for simvastatin.

Graded by severity as the source publishes them — 59 severe. Severity grades are free for everyone; mechanism and management come with Growth.

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Simvastatin · interactions on record

889 records

59 severe
253 moderate
10 minor
513 info

Most severe, free to view

LonafarnibA16AX20severe
AmiodaroneC01BD01severe
DronedaroneC01BD07severe
RanolazineC01EB18severe

54 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

Simvastatin in 17 other countries

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

All simvastatin products

Authorised across Europe · EMA

The same active substance is authorised in 29 EEA countries. Names it is sold under:

Austria · Gerosim, Simvastad
Belgium · Cholemed, Simvastatin Ab
Bulgaria · Simvacor 10 Mg, Simvacor 20 Mg
Cyprus · Kymazol, Priacin
Czechia · Simvastatin Ratiopharm, Simvastatin Viatris
Germany · Simva, Simva Tad
Denmark · Perichol, Simvastatin Hexal
Estonia · Simvacor, Simvastatin Ratiopharm
Spain · Alcosin, Pantok
Finland · Lipcut, Simvastatin Krka
France · Simvastatine Accord Healthcare, Simvastatine Almus
United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) · Ranzolont, Simvastatin
Greece · Antichol, Bevostatin
Croatia · Lipex, Lipterra
Hungary · Sicor, Simvacol
Iceland · Simvastatin Actavis, Simvastatin Bluefish
Italy · Alpheus, Krustat
Lithuania · Simvacor
Luxembourg · Simvastatin Ratiopharm, Simvastatin Sandoz
Latvia · Simvacor
Malta · Priacin, Simtan
Netherlands · Simvastatin Aurobindo, Simvastatin Teva
Norway · Simvastatin Bluefish, Simvastatin Hexal
Poland · Apo-Simva, Simcovas
Portugal · Simvastatin Ratiopharm, Simvastatina Ratiopharm
Romania · Simvacard, Simvastatin Terapia
Sweden · Simvastatin Bluefish, Simvastatin Brown
Slovenia · Simvastatin Lek, Sinvacor
Slovakia · Simvacard, Simvastatin Ratiopharm

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/d8fab1fb-fa2d-4afa-be1f-3bd0f35305c4
GET /v1/drugs/d8fab1fb-fa2d-4afa-be1f-3bd0f35305c4?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": "Film-coated tablet",
  "routes": [
    "Oral use"
  ],
  "source": "hpra",
  "atc_all": [
    "C10AA",
    "C10AA01"
  ],
  "strength": null,
  "pa_number": "PA0740/003/004",
  "substances": [
    "Simvastatin"
  ],
  "legal_basis": "Generic application (Article 10(1) of Directive No 2001/83/EC)",
  "market_info": "Not marketed",
  "authorised_at": "19/10/2001",
  "dispensing_status": "Product subject to prescription which may be renewed (B)",
  "registration_status": "AU",
  "supply_legal_status": "Supply through pharmacies only",
  "interchangeable_code": "IC0018-004-003"
}

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