United Kingdom· GB-APID-33547711000001103
Metformin 850mg/5ml oral solution sugar free
A metformin product containing metformin, registered in United Kingdom by Colonis Pharma Ltd. The same ATC class is registered in 19 of our 19 countries.
Checked against NHS dm+d (United Kingdom) on
Informational only — not a medical device.
Where it is registered
Metformin is registered in 19 of 19 countries.
Countries holding a registration under ATC A10BA02 (metformin), each read from that country’s own register.
- This record: United Kingdom, from NHS dm+d (United Kingdom)
- 11 of them publish a price we can compare per daily dose
Metformin · ATC A10BA02
19 / 19 countries
- Belgiumprice
- Canada
- Czechiaprice
- Denmark
- Finlandprice
- Franceprice
- Germany
- Icelandprice
- Ireland
- Italyprice
- Japan
- Netherlands
- Norwayprice
- Polandprice
- Spainprice
- Sweden
- Switzerlandprice
- United Kingdom
- United Statesprice
Price per daily dose
What a daily dose of metformin costs, country by country.
Normalised to the WHO defined daily dose (2 g), the median price runs from $0.10 in Spain to $0.52 in Switzerland — a ×5.0 gap.
- 6 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
Metformin · price per daily dose (2 g)
USD · FX 28 Sept 2026
- CH Switzerland$0.52
- CZ Czechia$0.24
- IT Italy$0.19
- FR France$0.17
- US United States$0.11 (acquisition cost)
- ES Spain$0.10
The record
At a glance
NHS dm+d (United Kingdom)- Active substance
- Metformin
- Manufacturer
- Colonis Pharma Ltd
- Country
- United Kingdom (GB)
- ATC code
- A10BA02
- ATC class
- Metformin
- Defined daily dose
- 2 g, O
- Reimbursed
- Not published by this register
- Source register
- NHS dm+d (United Kingdom)
- Last checked
- September 13, 2026
Packs & prices · 1
- gtin5060380960399
Regulatory notes
No shortage, Orange Book or US label notes for this record.
Interactions
790 interactions on record for metformin.
Graded by severity as the source publishes them — 17 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
Metformin · interactions on record
790 records
- 17 severe
- 353 moderate
- 45 minor
- 370 info
Most severe, free to view
- EthanolB05XX04severe
- IoxilanV08AB12severe
- CimetidineA02BA01moderate
- RanitidineA02BA02moderate
5 more interactions 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.
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/f28f273e-3e51-46d0-bba7-ece0dcaa2be5 GET /v1/drugs/f28f273e-3e51-46d0-bba7-ece0dcaa2be5?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": "33547711000001103",
"desc": "Metformin 850mg/5ml oral solution sugar free (Colonis Pharma Ltd)",
"form": "Oral solution",
"vpid": "33550911000001100",
"source": "dmd",
"vtm_id": "776713006",
"strength": "170 mg",
"substance": "Metformin",
"ingredient": "Metformin hydrochloride",
"supplier_code": "28568711000001107"
}See everything about metformin.
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.