Farmadati Italia s.r.l.

What Farmadati Italia s.r.l. does

Farmadati Italia s.r.l. is an Italian private limited company founded in 1987 and headquartered in Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna. It operates the BDF2.0 (Banca Dati Farmadati 2.0), a comprehensive pharmaceutical database covering human and veterinary medicines, homeopathic products, para-pharmaceuticals, medical devices, monographs, and active-ingredient interactions. The database references more than 3.8 million records and is updated daily, with over 30,000 variations released each business day at 18:00. According to the company, the database is used by the near-totality of Italian pharmacies, parapharmacies, herbal shops, health stores, large retail (GDO), intermediate distributors, and computerized doctors.

The core commercial product is Gallery®, a web application integrated with BDF2.0 and compatible with all operating systems, which enables database consultation, processing, and export of personalized query files; in August 2023 the company added AI-powered search to Gallery and integrated the Farmagare® public-procurement tender database into the same platform. A separate product, Nuova Banca Dati Federfarma, is embedded as the reference database inside Italian pharmacy and parapharmacy management systems, functioning as default channel infrastructure. The company also operates free consumer apps (FarmAvvisi and ioEquivalgo, the latter developed for CittadinanzAttiva) and provides training, documentation, and regulatory news services.

The business model is B2B subscription/recurring licensing with undisclosed pricing, supplemented by free consumer apps that serve brand and regulatory-engagement purposes. The company distributes exclusively within Italy, maintains direct relationships with AIFA (Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco) for the official transparency list of equivalent medicines, and runs a 31-employee operation with no disclosed external funding or M&A activity.

Name

Farmadati Italia s.r.l.

Legal name

Farmadati Italia s.r.l.

Website

https://farmadati.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Farmadati Italia operates Italy's leading pharmaceutical reference database (BDF2.0) and the Gallery web platform, serving nearly all Italian pharmacies, parapharmacies, healthcare distributors, and computerized doctors with daily-updated drug, para-pharmaceutical, and medical-device data.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pharmaceutical Database Software

NAICS

Pharmacy Benefit Management and Other Third Party Administration of Insurance and Pension Funds (524292)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Data Access, Sharing & Marketplace Platforms (incl. TEFCA/QHIN enablement) (HLACAIAL)

Keywords

• Pharmaceutical databases
• Drug information systems
• Pharmacy management software
• Medical device databases
• Pharmaceutical reference data

Headquarters

HQ city

Piacenza

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Database Subscriptions - BDF2.0: Pharmaceutical database access provided to pharmacies, parapharmacies, healthcare professionals, and institutions. Licensed on subscription basis with regular data updates released daily (Monday to Friday and pre-festive days at 18:00).
2. Software Licensing - Gallery: Gallery web application licensed to healthcare entities requiring access to pharmaceutical database consultation and query export capabilities.
3. Consumer Apps (Free): FarmAvvisi and ioEquivalgo apps provided free to citizens, supported by partnership with CittadinanzAttiva and institutional collaborations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Farmadati Italia has operated since 1987 as Italy's leading provider of pharmaceutical reference databases and related software tools. Its core offering is the BDF2.0 database, distributed through the Gallery web application, which contains structured data on human and veterinary medicines, homeopathic products, parapharmaceuticals, medical devices, monographs, and active-ingredient interactions, with daily updates. The company licenses this database and platform to Italian pharmacies, parapharmacies, healthcare distributors, and computerized physicians, and also supplies embedded data via the Nuova Banca Dati Federfarma to pharmacy management systems nationwide.

Product overview

Farmadati Italia offers a comprehensive suite of pharmaceutical databases and professional tools centered around the BDF2.0 (Banca Dati Farmadati 2.0) database platform. The core product is Gallery®, a web application that provides access to pharmaceutical databases including human and veterinary medicines, medical devices, and parapharmaceutical products, enhanced with AI capabilities introduced in 2023. Farmagare® previously operated as a standalone tender bid database but was integrated into Gallery in 2023. The Nuova Banca Dati Federfarma provides standardized data for Italian pharmacy management systems. Consumer-facing offerings include the free FarmAvvisi app for household medicine management and the ioEquivalgo app for finding generic medicines. The company also provides access to regulatory lists, study and documentation services, and training. Daily updates deliver over 30,000 data changes to users Monday through Friday.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Gallery®: Web compendium for consulting pharmaceutical databases including human/veterinary medicines, homeopathic products, parapharmaceuticals, and medical devices
• Farmagare®
• Nuova Banca Dati Federfarma
• FarmAvvisi
• ioEquivalgo

Products and services

• Gallery® Web application compatible with all operating systems for consulting Farmadati Italia's pharmaceutical databases (BDF2.0) covering medicines, parapharmaceuticals, and medical devices, with AI-enhanced search, personalized query building, processing, and export capabilities. Targeted at pharmacies, parapharmacies, healthcare professionals, and institutions.
• BDF2.0 (Banca Dati Farmadati 2.0)

Quantifiable outcome

• Daily updates exceeding 30,000 database variations per day
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability6 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• CittadinanzAttivacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFarmadati Italia developed ioEquivalgo app on behalf of CittadinanzAttiva, which allows citizens to verify transparency lists of equivalent medicines. Additionally, the FarmAvvisi app is patronized by CittadinanzAttiva. These partnerships support public health information dissemination.
• AIFA (Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco)coreTechnology or IntegrationFarmadati Italia collaborates with AIFA to organize lists of equivalent medicines (lista di trasparenza) for drugs with expired patents. These lists are distributed through the Farmadati database system and enable pharmacists and citizens to identify the lowest-priced equivalent drug option.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• IQVIA: Global health-data and analytics powerhouse with extensive pharmaceutical reference databases (e.g., MIDAS, Cortellis) and integrated commercial offerings — competes with Farmadati in the broader pharmaceutical information category at much greater scale.
• Elsevier (RELX): Publishes pharmaceutical and clinical reference content (e.g., Gold Standard Drug Database) used in pharmacy and clinical workflows — comparable as a curated drug-information competitor.
• Cegedim: French-listed healthcare technology and data company that provides pharmacy management software and pharmaceutical databases across Europe — the closest direct comparable to Farmadati's combined database-plus-pharmacy-software model.
• Cerner / Oracle Health: Major EHR and healthcare IT vendor integrating drug databases (formerly Multum) into clinical workflows — comparable as an embedded drug-reference content provider in clinical systems at enterprise scale.
• First Databank (FDB): Major drug-knowledge database provider (MedKnowledge) integrated into pharmacy and EHR systems — directly comparable in building and licensing authoritative pharmaceutical reference content.
• Wolters Kluwer Health: Operates Medi-Span and other pharmaceutical drug-information databases used by pharmacies and EHR systems; comparable as a competitor in curated drug-reference data and clinical decision support.

Regional players

• DocCheck: German healthcare professional network and medical/pharmaceutical information platform — comparable as a European, professionally focused pharma-information service, though primarily serving the DACH market rather than Italy.
• Pharmaprix / Pharmacy data vendors (e.g., AAH, Alliance Healthcare): European pharmaceutical wholesalers and distributors that operate proprietary drug-reference and procurement data services — adjacent peers whose tender/procurement database offering overlaps with Farmadati's Farmagare product.

Emerging players

• Drugs.com: Consumer-facing pharmaceutical reference platform providing drug information, interactions, and leaflets — comparable to Farmadati's free FarmAvvisi and ioEquivalgo citizen apps, but US-centric and ad-supported.

Direct peers

• Codifa: Italian pharmaceutical database service providing drug information to Italian pharmacies and healthcare professionals — a direct domestic peer in the same product category.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@Farmadati-Italia
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/farmadati-italia-s-r-l-

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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