{
  "query": {
    "country": "PT",
    "medicine": "generics"
  },
  "status": "ok",
  "price": {
    "currency": "EUR",
    "unit": "per pack (average retail value of packs dispensed)",
    "value": 8.67318,
    "measure": "average",
    "median": null,
    "typical_low": null,
    "typical_high": null,
    "min": 8.55208,
    "max": 8.83515
  },
  "sample_size": 8311908,
  "period": {
    "from": "2026-07-01",
    "to": "2026-07-31"
  },
  "confidence": "high",
  "price_type": "posted_price",
  "statistic": {
    "measure": "average",
    "reference_period": "2026-07"
  },
  "as_of": "2026-10-30T13:07:11.647Z",
  "source": {
    "id": "pt-sns-medicines",
    "name": "Average price per pack of medicines dispensed (Preço médio por embalagem)",
    "publisher": "SNS Portal da Transparência (SPMS, E.P.E.), data from INFARMED, Ministry of Health, Portugal",
    "licence": "Reuse permitted under the Portuguese public-sector information reuse law (Lei n.º 26/2016) with the source named, the context kept and changes stated (portal terms, sections 7.3 and 7.4); the portal names no open licence. Free tier only.",
    "licence_url": "https://transparencia.sns.gov.pt/pages/termos-e-condicoes/",
    "attribution": "Fonte: INFARMED / SNS Portal da Transparência (SPMS), dados reutilizados nos termos da Lei n.º 26/2016; agregação ProofPrice (regiões ponderadas pelo número de embalagens). Not endorsed by SNS or INFARMED.",
    "url": "https://transparencia.sns.gov.pt/explore/dataset/preco-medio-por-embalagem/"
  },
  "method": "Portugal's SNS Portal da Transparência publishes, for each mainland region and month, the retail value (PVP) and the number of packs of generic medicines dispensed in community pharmacies to national-health-service and public-subsystem users. We add the five regions (total value divided by total packs) for the newest month. An average over all packs, not a price list and not per medicine.",
  "method_url": "https://proofprice.com/method",
  "summary": "In 2026-07, packs of generic medicines dispensed in mainland Portuguese community pharmacies to national-health-service and public-subsystem users had an average retail value (PVP) of €8.673 per pack, across 8,311,908 packs; regional averages ran from €8.552 to €8.835. This is an average over all packs, not the price of any one medicine, and it is the printed retail price, not what patients paid after reimbursement. Average calculated by ProofPrice from the regional figures published by the SNS Portal da Transparência for 2026-07.",
  "notice": "Information, not a valuation or offer. Ranges describe past recorded prices.",
  "extra": {
    "basket": "generics",
    "by_region": {
      "Norte": {
        "average_per_pack": 8.55,
        "packs": 2854413
      },
      "Centro": {
        "average_per_pack": 8.73,
        "packs": 2013983
      },
      "Algarve": {
        "average_per_pack": 8.84,
        "packs": 312755
      },
      "Lisboa": {
        "average_per_pack": 8.72,
        "packs": 2774271
      },
      "Alentejo": {
        "average_per_pack": 8.83,
        "packs": 356486
      }
    },
    "price_level": "retail_list_price_average"
  },
  "answer_id": "ans_dfef1616ccccc068938b",
  "method_version": "1",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T13:07:11.646Z",
  "evidence": {
    "type": "posted_price",
    "label": "Posted or listed price",
    "meaning": "A price a seller, market or authority publishes in advance (a shelf price, tariff, fee schedule or quoted wholesale price): it is what is asked, not a record of what each customer paid."
  },
  "reliability": "official_with_count",
  "data_as_of": "2026-07-31",
  "data_age_days": 91,
  "suggestions": [
    "This is one published figure for a group: for a specific job or purchase, ask for an itemised quote.",
    "This is a posted price, not what each customer paid."
  ]
}