Reimbursement
is_reimbursed built in
Reflects the BAG Spezialitätenliste on every CH product — no separate SL lookup, just a boolean on the row.
Drug Database
Solution · Switzerland drug API
Switzerland Drug Database API — BAG-SL, Swissmedic, EPha.
A single REST surface over the Swiss drug market: reimbursement, dispensing category, Pharmacode and ATC, stitched from the authoritative registers.
GET /api/v1/drugs?country=CH
What you get
The job, end to end
A single REST surface over the Swiss drug market, stitched from the authoritative registers: BAG Spezialitätenliste for reimbursement and price, Swissmedic AIPS for authorisation and dispensing category, oddb for Pharmacode and pack data, and EPha for interactions. Pass country=CH and search by name or ATC prefix.
Every CH product comes back with the fields Swiss healthcare apps actually need: is_reimbursed (on the SL or not), dispensing_cat (Swissmedic A–E), atc_code, the Swissmedic-No, and the Pharmacode via the lookup endpoint.
Dispensing
Swissmedic category A–E
dispensing_cat from Swissmedic AIPS, so you can gate prescription-only flows directly off the field.
Identifiers
Pharmacode + ATC
Resolve packs by Pharmacode and traverse the WHO ATC tree from the same dataset.
In code
A representative call
Search the Swiss market with country=CH and get reimbursement, dispensing category and identifiers on every row.
GET /api/v1/drugs?country=CH
curl 'https://drug-database.com/api/v1/drugs\
?country=CH&q=aspirin&limit=2' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer dd_live_…'response
{
"results": [
{
"id": "3f8a1c2d-1b4e-4c7a-9d2f-0a1b2c3d4e5f",
"swissmedic_no": "65187",
"product_name": "Aspirin Cardio 100 mg",
"atc_code": "B01AC06",
"manufacturer": "Bayer (Schweiz) AG",
"dispensing_cat": "B",
"is_reimbursed": true,
"country_code": "CH",
"last_synced_at": "2026-06-27T02:14:00Z"
}
],
"_meta": { "sources": ["bag_sl", "aips", "oddb", "atc"] }
}Swiss sources & freshness
- BAG Spezialitätenliste — reimbursement and price.
- Swissmedic AIPS — authorisation, dispensing category, monographs.
- oddb — Pharmacode, packs, prices. EPha — interactions. WHO ATC — classification.
- Every row carries last_synced_at; we are not affiliated with or endorsed by these sources.
Good to know
- · Search needs the drugs:read scope.
- · Filter by ATC prefix with &atc= — see the docs.
FAQ
Common questions
is_reimbursed reflects whether the product is on the BAG Spezialitätenliste (SL) — the list of medicines reimbursed by Swiss mandatory health insurance. It is a boolean on every CH drug row.
The Swissmedic dispensing category (A, B, C, D or E) that governs how a product may be sold — from A (single dispensation on prescription) through E (general sale). It is sourced from Swissmedic AIPS.
BAG Spezialitätenliste (reimbursement and price), Swissmedic AIPS (authorisation, dispensing category, monographs), oddb (Pharmacode, packs, prices), EPha (interactions) and WHO ATC.
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