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Italy· 042975072

ESCITALOPRAM PENSA

A escitalopram product containing escitalopram, registered in Italy by TOWA PHARMACEUTICAL S.P.A., on the national reimbursement list. The same ATC class is registered in 18 of our 19 countries.

Reimbursed in Italy (AIFA class A)ATC N06AB10

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Informational only — not a medical device.

SOURCE REGISTER · ITAIFA (Italy)normalisedESCITALOPRAM PENSAATCN06AB10REGISTER NO.042975072PACKS LISTED1CHECKEDSeptember 28, 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: Italy, from AIFA (Italy)
  • 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.

  • Italy: $0.32 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

AIFA (Italy)
Active substance
Escitalopram
Manufacturer
TOWA PHARMACEUTICAL S.P.A.
Country
Italy (IT)
ATC code
N06AB10
ATC class
Escitalopram
Defined daily dose
10 mg, O
Reimbursed
Yes
Source register
AIFA (Italy)
Last checked
September 28, 2026

Packs & prices · 1

1 priced
  • aic
    042975072
    "20 MG COMPRESSE RIVESTITE CON FILM" 28 COMPRESSE IN BLISTER PVC/PE/PVDC/AL
    EUR 16.38

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.

Same medicine, other countries

Escitalopram in 14 other countries

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

All escitalopram products

Authorised across Europe · EMA

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

  • Austria · Escitalopram +pharma, Escitalopram Accord
  • Belgium · Escidivule, Escitalopram Ab
  • Bulgaria · Елицеa, Есципрам
  • Cyprus · Clomentin, Mersinol
  • Czechia · Depresinal, Elicea
  • Germany · Escitalex, Escitalopram 1 A Pharma
  • Denmark · Escitalopram Accord, Escitalopram Bluefish
  • Estonia · Ciraset, Elicea
  • Spain · Comprimidos Bucodispersables Stada, Escitalopram  Durban
  • Finland · Escitalopram Actavis, Escitalopram Orion
  • France · Escitalopram Arrow Lab, Escitalopram Biogaran
  • United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) · Enalto, Escitalopram
  • Greece · Enlift, Escitalopram Actavis
  • Croatia · Citram, Elicea
  • Hungary · Elicea, Elicea Q-Tab
  • Ireland · Esciprex, Escitalopram Accord Healthcare
  • Iceland · Escitalopram Bluefish, Escitalopram Stada
  • Lithuania · Elicea, Escitalopram Grindeks
  • Luxembourg · Escidivule, Escitalopram Eg
  • Latvia · Elicea, Escitalopram Accord
  • Malta · Clomentin, Escitalopram Aurobindo Pharma (Malta)
  • Netherlands · Escilatopram Accord, Escitalopram Bristol
  • Norway · Escitalopram Actavis, Escitalopram Grindeks
  • Poland · Elicea, Elicea Q-Tab
  • Portugal · Cipralex Ip, Escitalopram Alter Genéricos
  • Romania · Elicea, Escitalopram Atb
  • Sweden · Escitalopram Accord, Escitalopram Actavis
  • Slovenia · Citafort, Ecytara
  • Slovakia · Elicea, Elicea Q-Tab

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/e9234cb0-ecdf-4093-9913-958f1f4f2c66
GET /v1/drugs/e9234cb0-ecdf-4093-9913-958f1f4f2c66?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": "\"20 MG COMPRESSE RIVESTITE CON FILM\" 28 COMPRESSE IN BLISTER PVC/PE/PVDC/AL",
  "source": "aifa",
  "currency": "EUR",
  "substance": "Escitalopram",
  "reference_pack": "28 UNITA' 20 MG - USO ORALE",
  "public_price_eur": 16.38,
  "ssn_reference_price_eur": 16.38
}

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.