United Kingdom· GB-APID-7311611000001103
Folic acid 100microgram tablets
A folic acid product containing folic acid, registered in United Kingdom by The Cantassium Company. The same ATC class is registered in 15 of our 19 countries.
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Informational only — not a medical device.
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: United Kingdom, from NHS dm+d (United Kingdom)
- 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.
- 2 markets with a comparable price for this 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
NHS dm+d (United Kingdom)- Active substance
- Folic acid
- Manufacturer
- The Cantassium Company
- Country
- United Kingdom (GB)
- ATC code
- B03BB01
- ATC class
- Folic acid
- Defined daily dose
- 0.4 mg, O
- Reimbursed
- Not published by this register
- Source register
- NHS dm+d (United Kingdom)
- Last checked
- September 13, 2026
Packs & prices · 0
No packs listed by the register for this record.
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 StatesFolic acidChartwell RX, LLC.
- ItalyACIDO FOLICO DOC GENERICIDOC GENERICI S.R.L.
- GermanyDreisafolTeva Gmbh
- CzechiaACIDUM FOLICUM LÉČIVAZentiva, k.s., Praha
- SwitzerlandAcidum Folicum Hänseler 5 mg, TablettenHänseler AG
- SwedenBladex 1 mg Tablett2care4 Generics ApS
- PolandAcidum folicum HascoPrzedsiębiorstwo Produkcji Farmaceutycznej HASCO-LEK S.A.
- FranceACIDE FOLIQUE ARROW 5 mg, compriméARROW GENERIQUES
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
- Greece · Fanolit, Filicine
- Croatia · Folacin, Folbella
- Hungary · Folsav, Folsav Vitabalans
- Ireland · Clonfolic, Folic Acid Clonmel Healthcare
- Iceland · Folsyra
- Italy · Acido Folico Eg S.P.A., Acido Folico Mylan
- 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.
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For developers
The same record over the API, and the raw payload
GET /v1/drugs/f2800d4e-53b4-406d-b8b9-c2707a5cad62 GET /v1/drugs/f2800d4e-53b4-406d-b8b9-c2707a5cad62?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": "7311611000001103",
"desc": "Folic acid 100microgram tablets (The Cantassium Company)",
"form": "Oral tablet",
"vpid": "41985311000001104",
"source": "dmd",
"vtm_id": "776022004",
"strength": "100 microgram",
"substance": "Folic acid",
"ingredient": "Folic acid",
"supplier_code": "2067001000001100"
}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.