Italy· 045545047
ACIDO FOLICO EG
A folic acid product containing acido folico, registered in Italy by EG S.P.A., on the national reimbursement list. The same ATC class is registered in 15 of our 19 countries.
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Where it is registered
Folic acid is registered in 15 of 19 countries.
Countries holding a registration under ATC B03BB01 (folic acid), each read from that country’s own register.
- This record: Italy, from AIFA (Italy)
- 9 of them publish a price we can compare per daily dose
Folic acid · ATC B03BB01
15 / 19 countries
- Belgiumprice
- Canada
- Czechiaprice
- Denmark
- Finlandprice
- Germany
- Icelandprice
- Ireland
- Italyprice
- Netherlands
- Norwayprice
- Polandprice
- Switzerlandprice
- United Kingdom
- United Statesprice
Price per daily dose
What a daily dose of folic acid costs, country by country.
Normalised to the WHO defined daily dose (0.4 mg), the median price runs from $0.011 in Italy to $0.26 in Switzerland — a ×24 gap.
- Italy: $0.011 per daily dose (median across products in the class)
- Public list prices, converted to USD at the rate date shown
Folic acid · price per daily dose (0.4 mg)
USD · FX 28 Sept 2026
- CH Switzerland$0.26
- IT Italy$0.011
The record
At a glance
AIFA (Italy)- Active substance
- Acido folico
- Manufacturer
- EG S.P.A.
- Country
- Italy (IT)
- ATC code
- B03BB01
- ATC class
- Folic acid
- Defined daily dose
- 0.4 mg, O
- Reimbursed
- Yes
- Source register
- AIFA (Italy)
- Last checked
- September 28, 2026
Packs & prices · 1
1 priced- aic045545047"5 MG COMPRESSE" 120 COMPRESSE IN BLISTER PVC/PVDC/ALUEUR 9.74
Regulatory notes
No shortage, Orange Book or US label notes for this record.
Interactions
517 interactions on record for folic acid.
Graded by severity as the source publishes them — 2 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
Folic acid · interactions on record
517 records
- 2 severe
- 32 moderate
- 2 minor
- 480 info
Most severe, free to view
- FluorouracilL01BC02severe
- CapecitabineL01BC06severe
- Multienzyme - Lipase, Protease etcA09AA02moderate
- SulfamethizoleB05CA04moderate
1 more interaction with mechanism and management, from a commercially licensed source.
Sign in to check- 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.
Same medicine, other countries
Folic acid in 16 other countries
What each register calls a product with the same active substance — salts and hydrates count as the same.
- United KingdomFolic acid 5mg tabletsArrow Generics Ltd
- CzechiaFOLIC ACID LITCON PHARMALITcon Pharma SE, Praha 8
- SwitzerlandAcidum Folicum Hänseler 5 mg, TablettenHänseler AG
- SpainACFOL 5 mg COMPRIMIDOSItalfarmaco S.A.
- SwedenBladex 5 mg Tablett2care4 Generics ApS
- FranceACIDE FOLIQUE ARROW 5 mg, compriméARROW GENERIQUES
- PolandAcidum folicum HascoPrzedsiębiorstwo Produkcji Farmaceutycznej HASCO-LEK S.A.
- NorwayBladex2care4 Generics ApS
Authorised across Europe · EMA
The same active substance is authorised in 29 EEA countries. Names it is sold under:
- Austria · Folsan, Gerofol
- Belgium · Folavit
- Bulgaria · Фолиева Киселина Адифарм
- Cyprus · Filicine, Folic Acid Remedica
- Czechia · Acidum Folicum Léčiva, Folic Acid Litcon Pharma
- Germany · Dreisafol, Fol Lichtenstein
- Denmark · Folimet, Folsyre Orifarm
- Estonia · Folic Acid Auxilia, Folic Acid Vitabalans
- Spain · Acfol, Ácido Fólico Aristo
- Finland · Folic Acid Vitabalans, Foliver
- France · Acide Folique Arrow, Acide Folique Biogaran
- United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) · Folic Acid, Folic Acid Accord-Uk
- Greece · Fanolit, Filicine
- Croatia · Folacin, Folbella
- Hungary · Folsav, Folsav Vitabalans
- Ireland · Clonfolic, Folic Acid Clonmel Healthcare
- Iceland · Folsyra
- Lithuania · Folic Acid Vitabalans
- Luxembourg · Folavit
- Latvia · Folic Acid Vitabalans
- Malta · Filicine, Folic Acid
- Netherlands · Folic Acid Aurobindo, Foliumzuur Teva
- Norway · Bladex, Folsyre Orifarm
- Poland · Acidum Folicum Hasco, Acidum Folicum Richter
- Portugal · Acfol, Ácido Fólico Farmoz
- Romania · Acifol
- Sweden · Bladex, Folsyra
- Slovenia · Folacin, Folna Kislina Vitabalans
- Slovakia · Acidum Folicum Léčiva
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 AIFA (Italy). 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/e1d7092a-196c-453e-a5c1-6ec95bae983d GET /v1/drugs/e1d7092a-196c-453e-a5c1-6ec95bae983d?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.
{
"pack": "\"5 MG COMPRESSE\" 120 COMPRESSE IN BLISTER PVC/PVDC/ALU",
"source": "aifa",
"currency": "EUR",
"substance": "Acido folico",
"reference_pack": "120 UNITA' 5 MG - USO ORALE",
"public_price_eur": 9.74,
"ssn_reference_price_eur": 9.74
}See everything about folic acid.
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.