Switzerland· 55961008

Cipralex

A escitalopram product, registered in Switzerland and dispensed under Swissmedic category B, on the national reimbursement list. The same ATC class is registered in 18 of our 19 countries.

Reimbursed in Switzerland (BAG SL)Cat B (Swissmedic)ATC N06AB10

Checked against BAG Spezialitätenliste (Switzerland) on

Informational only — not a medical device.

SOURCE REGISTER · CHBAG Spezialitätenliste (Switzerland)normalisedCipralexATCN06AB10REGISTER NO.55961008PACKS LISTED1CHECKEDJune 4, 2026

Where it is registered

Escitalopram is registered in 18 of 19 countries.

Countries holding a registration under ATC N06AB10 (escitalopram), each read from that country’s own register.

  • This record: Switzerland, from BAG Spezialitätenliste (Switzerland)
  • 11 of them publish a price we can compare per daily dose

Escitalopram · ATC N06AB10

18 / 19 countries

  • Belgiumprice
  • Canada
  • Czechiaprice
  • Denmark
  • Finlandprice
  • Franceprice
  • Germany
  • Icelandprice
  • Ireland
  • Italyprice
  • 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 escitalopram costs, country by country.

Normalised to the WHO defined daily dose (10 mg), the median price runs from $0.040 in United States to $1.05 in Switzerland — a ×27 gap.

  • Switzerland: $1.05 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

Escitalopram · price per daily dose (10 mg)

USD · FX 28 Sept 2026

  • CH Switzerland$1.05
  • IT Italy$0.32
  • FR France$0.16
  • US United States$0.040 (acquisition cost)
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

BAG Spezialitätenliste (Switzerland)
Manufacturer
—
Country
Switzerland (CH)
ATC code
N06AB10
ATC class
Escitalopram
Defined daily dose
10 mg, O
Swissmedic category
B
Reimbursed
Yes
Source register
BAG Spezialitätenliste (Switzerland)
Last checked
June 4, 2026

Packs & prices · 1

1 priced
  • gtin
    7680559610085
    14 Stk
    CHF 20.65

Regulatory notes

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

Interactions

433 interactions on record for escitalopram.

Graded by severity as the source publishes them — 137 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

Escitalopram · interactions on record

433 records

  • 137 severe
  • 201 moderate
  • 24 minor

Most severe, free to view

  • PapaverineA03AD01severe
  • CisaprideA03FA02severe
  • OndansetronA04AA01severe
  • GranisetronA04AA02severe

71 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.

Sourced from a public register and reproduced with attribution. Drug Database is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or a partner of BAG Spezialitätenliste (Switzerland). 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/e358b6ae-d7c9-442f-bd5c-7b3b727259d0
GET /v1/drugs/e358b6ae-d7c9-442f-bd5c-7b3b727259d0?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.

{
  "unit": null,
  "strength": "escitalopramum 10 mg",
  "valid_from": "2002-07-01",
  "limitations": null,
  "galenic_form": "Filmtabl 10 mg",
  "therapeutic_area": null,
  "sl_inclusion_date": "2002-07-01",
  "self_retention_pct": 40
}

See everything about escitalopram.

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.