# Romania Medicine Prices — Generic Equivalents (`ponderable_hydrometer/romania-medicine-prices`) Actor

Find cheaper generic equivalents of any Romanian medicine — same active substance (DCI), sorted by price, with producer, wholesale and retail prices. Official ANMDMR + CANAMED data.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/ponderable\_hydrometer/romania-medicine-prices.md
- **Developed by:** [Ponderable Hydrometer](https://apify.com/ponderable_hydrometer) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Automation, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $4.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md):

```bash
npm install apify-client
```

In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md):

```bash
pip install apify-client
```

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````bash
# MacOS / Linux
curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash
# Windows
irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex
```bash

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If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Romania Medicine Prices — Generic Equivalents

Find the **cheaper generic** of any Romanian medicine. Give a commercial/brand name
(e.g. `Nurofen`), an active substance / DCI (e.g. `IBUPROFENUM`), or an ATC code
(e.g. `M01AE01`) and get **every equivalent that shares the same active substance**,
sorted ascending by regulated retail price — so you can spot the cheapest option.

Data comes from 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.

Both are free, keyless official files. The newest CANAMED edition is auto-discovered
each run. About 80% of CANAMED-priced products match the nomenclator; 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.

### Example inputs

**All equivalents of an active substance (default)**

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

**By brand name (auto-resolves to its active substance)**

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

**By ATC code (prefix match)**

```json
{"query":"M01AE01","matchBy":"atc"}
```

**Prescription-only, capped**

```json
{"query":"ATORVASTATINUM","matchBy":"dci","prescriptionOnly":true,"maxResults":50}
```

### Output

One row per equivalent (one per authorised package/CIM), sorted by cheapest retail
price first. The queried product is included. Example fields:

```json
{
  "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).

### Pricing

Pay per result — **$4.00 per 1,000 results**. No subscription or platform fees.

# Actor input Schema

## `query` (type: `string`):

A commercial/brand name (e.g. "Nurofen"), an active substance / DCI (e.g. "IBUPROFENUM"), or an ATC code (e.g. "M01AE01"). The actor finds all equivalents sharing the same active substance.

## `matchBy` (type: `string`):

How to interpret the query. "dci" (default) = active substance; "atc" = ATC therapeutic code; "brand" = commercial name (resolved to its DCI, then expanded to all equivalents).

## `prescriptionOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Keep only prescription (Rx) medicines.

## `otcOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Keep only over-the-counter (OTC) medicines.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Cap on number of equivalents returned (0 = no cap).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "query": "IBUPROFENUM",
  "matchBy": "dci",
  "prescriptionOnly": false,
  "otcOnly": false,
  "maxResults": 0
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "query": "IBUPROFENUM"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("ponderable_hydrometer/romania-medicine-prices").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "query": "IBUPROFENUM" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("ponderable_hydrometer/romania-medicine-prices").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "query": "IBUPROFENUM"
}' |
apify call ponderable_hydrometer/romania-medicine-prices --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=ponderable_hydrometer/romania-medicine-prices",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "Romania Medicine Prices — Generic Equivalents",
        "description": "Find cheaper generic equivalents of any Romanian medicine — same active substance (DCI), sorted by price, with producer, wholesale and retail prices. Official ANMDMR + CANAMED data.",
        "version": "0.1",
        "x-build-id": "xbNGMA5DcSrzoJ9ot"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/ponderable_hydrometer~romania-medicine-prices/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-ponderable_hydrometer-romania-medicine-prices",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/ponderable_hydrometer~romania-medicine-prices/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-ponderable_hydrometer-romania-medicine-prices",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
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                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
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                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
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                "responses": {
                    "200": {
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                            "application/json": {
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                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/ponderable_hydrometer~romania-medicine-prices/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-ponderable_hydrometer-romania-medicine-prices",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "required": [
                    "query"
                ],
                "properties": {
                    "query": {
                        "title": "Medicine query",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "A commercial/brand name (e.g. \"Nurofen\"), an active substance / DCI (e.g. \"IBUPROFENUM\"), or an ATC code (e.g. \"M01AE01\"). The actor finds all equivalents sharing the same active substance."
                    },
                    "matchBy": {
                        "title": "Match by",
                        "enum": [
                            "dci",
                            "atc",
                            "brand"
                        ],
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "How to interpret the query. \"dci\" (default) = active substance; \"atc\" = ATC therapeutic code; \"brand\" = commercial name (resolved to its DCI, then expanded to all equivalents).",
                        "default": "dci"
                    },
                    "prescriptionOnly": {
                        "title": "Prescription only (Rx)",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Keep only prescription (Rx) medicines.",
                        "default": false
                    },
                    "otcOnly": {
                        "title": "OTC only (no prescription)",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Keep only over-the-counter (OTC) medicines.",
                        "default": false
                    },
                    "maxResults": {
                        "title": "Max results",
                        "minimum": 0,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Cap on number of equivalents returned (0 = no cap).",
                        "default": 0
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "data": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
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                                "type": "string"
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                            "actId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "userId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "startedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "finishedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "READY"
                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "origin": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2000
                                    },
                                    "rebootCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 300
                                    },
                                    "memoryMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1024
                                    },
                                    "diskMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2048
                                    }
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                            },
                            "buildId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultDatasetId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "1.0.0"
                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
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                                    "DATASET_READS": {
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                                    },
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                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
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                            "usageTotalUsd": {
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                                "example": 0.00005
                            },
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                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
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                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "number",
                                        "example": 0.00005
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
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                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
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                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```