United Kingdom· GB-APID-10388911000001107

Cefalexin 500mg capsules

A cefalexin product containing cefalexin, registered in United Kingdom by Arrow Generics Ltd. The same ATC class is registered in 14 of our 19 countries.

ATC J01DB01

Checked against NHS dm+d (United Kingdom) on September 13, 2026

Informational only — not a medical device.

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Where it is registered

Cefalexin is registered in 14 of 19 countries.

Countries holding a registration under ATC J01DB01 (cefalexin), each read from that country’s own register.

This record: United Kingdom, from NHS dm+d (United Kingdom)
7 of them publish a price we can compare per daily dose

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Cefalexin · ATC J01DB01

14 / 19 countries

Belgiumprice
Canada
Denmark
Finlandprice
Germany
Icelandprice
Ireland
Japan
Netherlands
Norwayprice
Polandprice
Spainprice
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 cefalexin costs, country by country.

Normalised to the WHO defined daily dose (2 g), the median price runs from $0.72 in United States to $1.28 in Spain — a ×1.8 gap.

2 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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Cefalexin · price per daily dose (2 g)

USD · FX 28 Sept 2026

ES Spain$1.28
US United States$0.72 (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

NHS dm+d (United Kingdom)

Active substance: Cefalexin
Manufacturer: Arrow Generics Ltd
Country: United Kingdom (GB)
ATC code: J01DB01
ATC class: Cefalexin
Defined daily dose: 2 g, O
Reimbursed: Not published by this register
Source register: NHS dm+d (United Kingdom)
Last checked: September 13, 2026

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Regulatory notes

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

Interactions

223 interactions on record for cefalexin.

Graded by severity as the source publishes them — 13 moderate. 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

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Cefalexin · interactions on record

223 records

13 moderate
210 info

Most severe, free to view

Sodium picosulfateA06AB08moderate
BalsalazideA07EC04moderate
MetforminA10BA02moderate
DicoumarolB01AA01moderate

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

Cefalexin in 14 other countries

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

All cefalexin products

Authorised across Europe · EMA

The same active substance is authorised in 20 EEA countries. Names it is sold under:

Austria · Cephalobene, Keflex
Belgium · Keforal
Bulgaria · Оспексин
Cyprus · Felexin, Keflex
Germany · Cefalexin Reiwa Healthcare, Cephalex-Ct
Denmark · Keflex
Spain · Cefalexina Normon, Cefalexina Reiwa Healthcare
Finland · Kefalex, Kefexin
France · Keforal, Kéforal
Croatia · Cefaleksin Belupo, Cefalexin Alkaloid
Hungary · Cefalexin Reiwa Healthcare, Pyassan 250 Mg Kemény Kapszula
Ireland · Keflex
Italy · Ceporex, Keforal
Luxembourg · Keforal
Malta · Keflex
Netherlands · Keforal
Norway · Keflex
Poland · Cefaleksyna Tzf
Romania · Cefalexină Arena, Cefalexina Atb
Slovakia · Ospexin

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 NHS dm+d (United Kingdom). 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/ed094d98-957d-4c7d-a3b0-95af183c1d4b
GET /v1/drugs/ed094d98-957d-4c7d-a3b0-95af183c1d4b?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.

{
  "apid": "10388911000001107",
  "desc": "Cefalexin 500mg capsules (Arrow Generics Ltd)",
  "form": "Oral capsule",
  "vpid": "39694811000001102",
  "source": "dmd",
  "vtm_id": "775088005",
  "strength": "500 mg",
  "substance": "Cefalexin",
  "ingredient": "Cefalexin",
  "supplier_code": "10190711000001104"
}

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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.

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