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Aifa Drug Prices Scraper

Extract Italy's official AIFA drug price database. 8,500+ generic medicines with NHS reference prices, price gaps, ATC codes and manufacturer data. CC-BY open data, updated monthly.

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AIFA Italy Drug Prices — Generic & Equivalent Medicines Database 💊

The only Apify actor for Italy's official pharmaceutical price database.

Extracts the complete AIFA Transparency List (Lista di Trasparenza) — the official monthly dataset published by Italy's Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco listing all generic and equivalent medicines with official reference prices.

~8,500 records per run. Runs in under 5 seconds. Data license: CC-BY.

What you get

Each record contains:

Field	Description
`principioAttivo`	Active substance / INN generic name (e.g. "Paracetamolo")
`denominazione`	Brand / commercial name (e.g. "TACHIPIRINA", "TACHIDOL")
`ditta`	Manufacturer / marketing authorisation holder
`confezione`	Packaging description (e.g. "30 CPR 500MG")
`confezioneDiRiferimento`	Reference packaging for the equivalence group
`codiceGruppoEquivalenza`	AIFA equivalence group code (groups interchangeable medicines)
`aic`	AIC — Italian marketing authorisation number
`atc`	ATC code (WHO Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical classification)
`prezzoAlPubblicoEur`	Retail price in EUR
`prezzoDiRiferimentoEur`	NHS reference price in EUR (maximum reimbursed by SSN)
`differenzaEur`	Extra cost patient pays if retail > reference (€)
`differenzaPercent`	Extra cost as % of reference price
`nota`	AIFA prescribing/dispensing note (Nota 4, Nota 75, etc.)
`dataAggiornamento`	Date of this AIFA list update (YYYY-MM-DD)
`fonte`	Direct URL of the AIFA source CSV

Input options

Parameter	Default	Description
`searchQuery`	`""`	Filter by active substance or brand name (partial match). E.g. `paracetamolo`, `ibuprofene`, `metformina`, `tachipirina`
`atcCode`	`""`	Filter by ATC code prefix. E.g. `N02` (analgesics), `A10` (diabetes), `C10` (cholesterol), `J01` (antibiotics)
`classeSSN`	`""`	Filter by NHS class: `A` (reimbursed), `H` (hospital only), `C` (patient pays)
`onlyWithPriceGap`	`false`	Only return medicines where retail > reference — patients pay extra
`maxItems`	`0`	Max records to return. `0` = full database

Example use cases

Pharma & health-tech companies

Build Italian drug price comparison tools
Monitor monthly price changes across the generic drug market
Cross-reference with EMA/EU databases for pan-European pricing analysis

Healthcare researchers

Analyse NHS cost exposure by ATC therapeutic category
Study price competition in off-patent drug segments
Identify medicines with the largest brand-vs-generic price gaps

Patients & consumer advocates

Find the cheapest equivalent for any active substance
Identify brand medicines where patients pay above the NHS reference price

Data providers / aggregators

Enrich pharma databases with official Italian pricing (CC-BY licence)
Build monthly scheduled pipelines for price monitoring

Price gap example

Running with onlyWithPriceGap: true returns medicines like:

Brand	Generic	Retail	Reference	Gap
COEFFERALGAN	Paracetamolo+Codeina	€3.96	€3.16	+€0.80 (+25%)
TACHIDOL	Paracetamolo+Codeina	€3.96	€3.16	+€0.80 (+25%)

Patients choosing the brand over the generic pay the difference out of pocket.

ATC code reference

ATC prefix	Therapeutic area
`A10`	Diabetes (metformin, insulins, GLP-1)
`C10`	Cholesterol (statins)
`C09`	ACE inhibitors / ARBs (hypertension)
`J01`	Antibiotics
`N02`	Analgesics (paracetamol, ibuprofen, codeine)
`N06`	Antidepressants (SSRIs, SNRIs)
`R03`	Respiratory / asthma (salbutamol, beclometasone)

Source & scheduling

Source: AIFA Liste di Trasparenza
Updated: Monthly, around the 15th of each month
License: CC-BY — Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco
Records: ~8,500 per run (full database)
Runtime: < 5 seconds

Schedule monthly: 0 8 16 * * to keep your dataset current.

Author

Francesco Davoli — ayrtondavoli97 Italian public data scrapers and investment analysis tools.

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