Romania Medicine Prices — Generic Equivalents & Prices

Find every Romanian medicine that shares the same active substance, with official regulated prices — sorted cheapest first. Query by brand name, active substance (DCI) or ATC code. Free, keyless, from two official government sources joined on the CIM code.

Give a commercial/brand name (e.g. Nurofen), a DCI (e.g. IBUPROFENUM), or an ATC code (e.g. M01AE01) and get all equivalents sorted ascending by regulated retail price — so you can spot the cheapest option.

Sources

Two official Romanian sources, joined on the CIM code:

• ANMDMR Nomenclator — the national register of authorised medicines (the equivalence spine: brand ↔ DCI ↔ ATC).
• CANAMED — the Ministry of Health catalogue of national maximal prices (producer, wholesale ex-VAT, retail incl-VAT) and generic/original status. The newest edition is auto-discovered each run.

Nomenclator entries without a CANAMED price are still returned with priceRetailInclVat: null ("price N/A") rather than dropped — many OTC medicines have no regulated price.

⚠️ Medical & legal disclaimer

Informational only — not medical advice. Two medicines sharing the same active substance (DCI) are not automatically substitutable: bioequivalence, excipients, release profile, approved indications and dosage can differ. The prices shown are regulated national maxima (CANAMED), not the actual price on a pharmacy shelf, and do not reflect reimbursement/co-pay. Always consult a pharmacist or doctor before switching medicines. This tool does not sell, recommend or dispense medicine.

What you get

One row per authorised equivalent (per package/CIM), sorted cheapest retail first:

• Identity — cim, brand, dci (active substance), atc, form, concentration, manufacturer
• Classification — prescription (Rx/OTC boolean) + prescriptionRaw, isGeneric (from CANAMED stat_anm)
• Prices — priceProducer, priceWholesaleExVat, priceRetailInclVat, priceValidUntil
• Comparison — cheaperThanQueryPct (% cheaper than the reference product)

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
query	string	IBUPROFENUM	Brand name, DCI (active substance) or ATC code
matchBy	string	dci	dci, atc, or brand (resolved to its DCI, then expanded)
prescriptionOnly	boolean	false	Keep only Rx medicines
otcOnly	boolean	false	Keep only OTC medicines
maxResults	integer	0	Cap on equivalents (0 = no cap)

Example input

{ "query": "IBUPROFENUM", "matchBy": "dci" }

By brand (auto-resolves to its active substance):

{ "query": "Nurofen", "matchBy": "brand" }

Output sample

{
  "cim": "W61050001",
  "brand": "CALMOLIN ARENA 400 mg",
  "dci": "IBUPROFENUM",
  "atc": "M01AE01",
  "form": "CAPS.",
  "concentration": "400mg",
  "manufacturer": "...",
  "prescription": true,
  "isGeneric": true,
  "priceProducer": 10.9,
  "priceWholesaleExVat": 11.9,
  "priceRetailInclVat": 13.27,
  "priceValidUntil": "Prețurile sunt valabile până la data de 30.06.2026",
  "cheaperThanQueryPct": 59.7
}

cheaperThanQueryPct is the % cheaper than the reference product (the matched brand for a brand query, otherwise the median-priced equivalent). isGeneric comes from CANAMED stat_anm (generic/biosimilar → true; inovativ/original → false).

Why this actor

• The join no one else does — brand↔DCI↔ATC equivalence spine (ANMDMR) joined to official maximal prices (CANAMED).
• Cheapest-first, comparable — sorted by regulated retail price with a % savings field.
• Always current — auto-discovers the newest CANAMED edition each run.
• Keyless & official — free government files, no key, no proxy.

Pricing

Pay per result — $4.00 per 1,000 results (one equivalent = one result). No subscription or platform fees.

Related actors

• Romanian Legislation Scraper — consolidated Romanian laws and codes.
• Food & Nutrition Scraper (Open Food Facts) — food product and nutrition data.
• PubChem Scraper — chemical compound properties for the active substance.

Notes & limits

• Data is official (ANMDMR Nomenclator + Ministry of Health CANAMED); files are fetched fresh each run with a browser User-Agent and retried on 429/5xx.
• Headers are matched by name (not column index) to survive edition-to-edition layout changes.
• See the medical & legal disclaimer above — this is a data tool, not clinical guidance. Not affiliated with ANMDMR or the Romanian Ministry of Health.