A foreign brand, identified
Search by the name on the box, the substance or the ATC code. The record shows the substance and class, so you can find the local product that shares it.
For pharmacists
Identify, check and price a medicine — with the source on every answer.
A foreign brand on a prescription, a patient on five medicines, a question about what something costs next door: look it up across 19 countries, screen the list for interactions and see the price — each answer with the register it came from and the date it was checked.
Informational only — not a medical device. Free to search, no account needed.
What you get
The job, end to end
Search any medicine by brand, substance or ATC code and open the record: what it is, who makes it, whether it is reimbursed, where else it is registered, and which register said so on which date. The public search needs no account and nothing installed.
A free account adds the console — interaction screening for a whole medication list, prices by country, the Watchtower change feed and the assistant — with 20 lookups and 3 AI answers a month. Pro is $29/month for 20,000 lookups and 50 AI answers a month.
Screen the whole list
Every pair on a medication list, graded by severity, with the mechanism and a recommendation.
What it costs, and where
The public price where the register publishes one, and price per defined daily dose across 11 markets.
The source on every answer
Every record names the register it came from and the date it was last checked, so you can verify before you act.
In practice
What you can use today
What you can use today
- Search across 19 countries: United Kingdom, United States, Czechia, Finland, Spain, Switzerland, Poland, Belgium, Netherlands, Sweden, Germany, Denmark, France, Canada, Japan, Italy, Ireland, Norway, Iceland.
- Swiss product information (the AIPS monograph) in German, French and Italian.
- Price per defined daily dose in 11 markets: Switzerland, United States, France, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Norway, Poland, Czechia, Finland, Iceland.
- Recalls, new registrations, price and label changes in the Watchtower feed.
- Drug Database is an informational service, not a medical device, and not a substitute for professional judgement. Check the source of record before acting on an answer.
- Search is free and needs no account. The console and the assistant need a free account.
How to start
- 1. Search a medicine. No account, nothing to install — open any record to see its source and date.
- 2. Create a free account for the console and the assistant: 20 lookups and 3 AI answers a month, no card.
- 3. Move to Pro ($29/month) when you use it every week.
FAQ
Common questions
Do I need an account to look a medicine up?
No. The search at /search is public, needs no account and no installation, and opens the full record with its source and date. A free account adds the console: interaction screening, prices by country, the change feed and the assistant.
Is this a medical device?
No. Drug Database is an informational data service, not a medical device, and it does not replace professional judgement. Every record names its source register so you can check it before you dispense.
Where does the data come from?
From the public registers of national regulators and payers — Swissmedic and the BAG Spezialitätenliste, dm+d, BDPM, CIMA, AIFA, the FDA and others. We are not affiliated with or endorsed by any of them. /data/sources lists every register and when it last synced.
How is this different from our national compendium?
A national compendium is deeper on its home country, often with decades of proprietary curation, and we do not pretend otherwise. We cover 19 countries in one place, publish our prices, and can be used in a browser today. Many pharmacies will reasonably use both.
Ready when you are
Look a medicine up right now.
Searching needs no account and nothing to install. A free account adds the console and the assistant.
Free account: 20 lookups and 3 AI answers a month, no card. Pro $29/month.