CANDESARTAN 16 MG — DIN 02434954
CANDESARTAN CILEXETIL : 16 MG · ACTAVIS PHARMA COMPANY · TABLET · wholesale supply in Canada
Health Canada status: CANCELLED PRE MARKET
What is CANDESARTAN?
CANDESARTAN 16 MG contains CANDESARTAN CILEXETIL : 16 MG. It is listed in the Health Canada Drug Product Database under DIN 02434954, held by ACTAVIS PHARMA COMPANY, supplied as TABLET for ORAL administration. Health Canada currently lists it as cancelled pre market, status dated 01-Sep-2017. This Drug Identification Number is no longer authorized for sale in Canada, so Nexara does not supply it. The record is kept here because buyers still meet the number on old formularies, purchase orders and tender documents; Nexara can help identify an authorized alternative.
What is CANDESARTAN used for?
Treatment of mild to moderate essential hypertension; NYHA Class II and III heart failure with ejection fraction ≤ 40% in addition to standard therapy.
Authorized indication as written in the Health Canada product monograph. For healthcare professionals and licensed purchasers; this is not medical advice.
How much does Candesartan cost around the world?
Candesartan is listed on 12 of the national price registers Nexara ingests. Each country publishes on a different basis, so those figures are not comparable with one another — or with a Canadian wholesale price.
What a market publishes matters more than the number it publishes. Australia publishes a ex-manufacturer; Austria publishes a KVP (Kassenverkaufspreis); Belgium publishes a public. Comparing an ex-factory ceiling against a pharmacy public price tells you nothing about either, and comparing either against a Canadian landed cost tells you less.
| Market | Price basis published there | Brands | Packs listed | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | ex-manufacturer | 24 | 98 | AUD███.██ |
| Austria | KVP (Kassenverkaufspreis) | 41 | 41 | EUR███.██ |
| Luxembourg | reimbursement | 15 | 15 | EUR███.██ |
| Iceland | max wholesale | 3 | 10 | ISK███.██ |
| Belgium | public | 9 | 9 | EUR███.██ |
| Czechia | max producer price (ex-factory) | 3 | 9 | CZK███.██ |
| Spain | PVP con IVA (public price) | 9 | 9 | EUR███.██ |
| Greece | producer price (ex-factory) | 6 | 6 | EUR███.██ |
| United Kingdom | hospital | 5 | 5 | GBP███.██ |
| South Africa | single exit price | 5 | 5 | ZAR███.██ |
| Morocco | PPV (public price) | 1 | 3 | MAD███.██ |
| Hungary | producer price (ex-factory) | 2 | 2 | HUF███.██ |
212 pack listings across 123 brand entries and 11 price bases, refreshed 08 Sep 2026. Ranges span every Candesartan pack in that market, so a high figure is usually a larger pack rather than the same product.
Canada publishes no comparable public list price. For a delivered Canadian price on a licensed account, verify your licence — it takes about a minute.
Is there a generic Candesartan in Canada, and who makes it?
Every market authorization holder with a Canadian DIN for this molecule, and how many of their listings Health Canada currently shows as marketed.
29 holders have a Canadian DIN containing Candesartan, across 126 DINs, of which 51 are currently marketed. Marketed count is the number that matters: an approval that is not marketed cannot be bought.
| Market authorization holder | DINs | Marketed | Brand names | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APOTEX INC | 8 | 4 | APO-CANDESARTAN, APO-CANDESARTAN TABLETS | Sourceable in Canada |
| SANDOZ CANADA INCORPORATED | 5 | 4 | SANDOZ CANDESARTAN | Sourceable in Canada |
| SIVEM PHARMACEUTICALS ULC | 5 | 4 | CANDESARTAN | Sourceable in Canada |
| AURO PHARMA INC | 4 | 4 | AURO-CANDESARTAN | Sourceable in Canada |
| CHEPLAPHARM ARZNEIMITTEL GMBH | 4 | 4 | ATACAND | Sourceable in Canada |
| MINT PHARMACEUTICALS INC | 4 | 4 | MINT-CANDESARTAN | Sourceable in Canada |
| NORA PHARMA INC | 4 | 4 | NRA-CANDESARTAN | Sourceable in Canada |
| PHARMASCIENCE INC | 4 | 4 | PMS-CANDESARTAN | Sourceable in Canada |
| SUN PHARMA CANADA INC | 4 | 4 | TARO-CANDESARTAN | Sourceable in Canada |
| ANGITA PHARMA INC. | 7 | 3 | AG-CANDESARTAN, AG-CANDESARTAN TABLETS | Sourceable in Canada |
| TEVA CANADA LIMITED | 6 | 3 | NTP-CANDESARTAN, TEVA-CANDESARTAN | Sourceable in Canada |
| JAMP PHARMA CORPORATION | 4 | 3 | JAMP-CANDESARTAN | Sourceable in Canada |
Health Canada’s Drug Product Database does not flag which listing is the originator and which are subsequent-entry products, so Nexara does not label them here. Interchangeability is determined provincially, not federally — confirm for your province before a formulary switch. Nexara can confirm which of these is actually obtainable, and on what lead time, per order.
How is it supplied and stored?
Pack configuration, storage class and the handling constraints that drive cold-chain planning. One DIN can cover more than one pack size, and the pack — not the DIN — is what gets priced, shipped and invoiced.
| Strength on the label | 16 MG |
|---|---|
| Dosage form | TABLET |
| Route | ORAL |
| Pack configuration (monograph) | Not explicitly detailed in provided text (mentions 4 mg, 8 mg, 16 mg, 32 mg strengths). |
| Storage | Not explicitly detailed in provided text (Table of Contents lists section 17, but text ends before it). |
Before an order line is unambiguous Nexara needs the strength, the pack size and the presentation.
Substance and classification
| Active substance | Candesartan |
|---|---|
| ATC code | C09CA06 |
| AHFS class | 24:32.08 |
| Biosimilar biologic | No |
Health Canada record and identifiers
The regulatory facts straight from the Drug Product Database, plus every identifier form Nexara accepts on a purchase order. A DIN written without its leading zeros is the commonest reason an order line fails to match.
| DIN (8-digit, as used in ordering) | 02434954 |
|---|---|
| DIN (unpadded, as printed on some documents) | 2434954 |
| Brand name | CANDESARTAN |
| Generic / active ingredient | CANDESARTAN CILEXETIL : 16 MG |
| Market authorization holder | ACTAVIS PHARMA COMPANY |
| Health Canada schedule | Prescription |
| ATC code | C09CA06 |
| ATC anatomical main group | C — Cardiovascular system |
| ATC therapeutic subgroup | C09CA |
| Current status | CANCELLED PRE MARKET |
| Status date | 01-Sep-2017 |
| Status source | Live Health Canada DPD sync |
Verify on the primary sources
How is it administered?
Hypertension: 8-16 mg once daily, max 32 mg. Heart Failure: Initial 4 mg once daily, doubling at 2-week intervals to target 32 mg once daily. May be taken with or without food.
Included because it drives pack selection and wastage. Consult the monograph.
Contraindications
Hypersensitivity to any component; concomitant use with aliskiren-containing drugs in patients with diabetes or moderate to severe renal impairment (GFR < 60 ml/min/1.73m2).
Warnings and precautions
Fetal toxicity; hypotension (especially in volume-depleted patients); hyperkalemia; renal impairment/failure in susceptible individuals; dual blockade of RAS.
What can be used instead?
Alternatives on every axis a buyer actually considers — the same molecule in another presentation, the same class, an adjacent class, or a fixed-dose combination. Every row is led by the marketed DIN count, because that is what can be bought this week.
1 · Same molecule, other Canadian presentations
51 of 126 Canadian DINs for this molecule are currently marketed. Marketed products are listed first.
| Product | Strength | Form | Holder | Health Canada status | DIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACH-CANDESARTAN | 32 MG | TABLET | ACCORD HEALTHCARE INC | MARKETED | 02379295 |
| ACH-CANDESARTAN | 8 MG | TABLET | ACCORD HEALTHCARE INC | MARKETED | 02379279 |
| ACH-CANDESARTAN | 16 MG | TABLET | ACCORD HEALTHCARE INC | MARKETED | 02379287 |
| AG-CANDESARTAN TABLETS | 8 MG | TABLET | ANGITA PHARMA INC. | MARKETED | 02500795 |
| AG-CANDESARTAN TABLETS | 32 MG | TABLET | ANGITA PHARMA INC. | MARKETED | 02500817 |
| AG-CANDESARTAN TABLETS | 16 MG | TABLET | ANGITA PHARMA INC. | MARKETED | 02500809 |
| APO-CANDESARTAN TABLETS | 16 MG | TABLET | APOTEX INC | MARKETED | 02541300 |
| APO-CANDESARTAN TABLETS | 4 MG | TABLET | APOTEX INC | MARKETED | 02541289 |
| APO-CANDESARTAN TABLETS | 8 MG | TABLET | APOTEX INC | MARKETED | 02541297 |
| APO-CANDESARTAN TABLETS | 32 MG | TABLET | APOTEX INC | MARKETED | 02541319 |
2 · Same class — other molecules in ATC C09CA
| Molecule | Canadian brands | DINs | Marketed | Sourceable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candesartan | ACCEL-CANDESARTAN · ACH-CANDESARTAN · ACT CANDESARTAN · AG-CANDESARTAN · +24 more | 126 | 51 | Yes |
| Irbesartan | ACT IRBESARTAN · AG-IRBESARTAN · APO-IRBESARTAN · AURO-IRBESARTAN · +23 more | 103 | 38 | Yes |
| Valsartan | ACT VALSARTAN · APO-VALSARTAN · AURO-VALSARTAN · AVA-VALSARTAN · +17 more | 85 | 31 | Yes |
| Losartan | ACT LOSARTAN · AG-LOSARTAN · APO-LOSARTAN · AURO-LOSARTAN · +18 more | 81 | 27 | Yes |
| Telmisartan | ACH-TELMISARTAN · ACT TELMISARTAN · AG-TELMISARTAN · ALEMBIC-TELMISARTAN · +20 more | 52 | 26 | Yes |
| Olmesartan Medoxomil | ACH-OLMESARTAN · AG-OLMESARTAN · APO-OLMESARTAN · AURO-OLMESARTAN · +12 more | 42 | 22 | Yes |
| Azilsartan Medoxomil | AURO-AZILSARTAN MEDOXOMIL · EDARBI | 4 | 4 | Yes |
| Eprosartan | TEVETEN · TEVETEN TABLETS 300 MG | 3 | 0 | Not in Canada |
A molecule with zero marketed DINs cannot be sourced domestically, however many approvals it holds — if one of these sits on a formulary or in an older protocol, that is the line to check.
Not clinical advice. These tables describe what can be supplied in Canada, not what should be prescribed. Substitution within or across classes is a prescriber and pharmacist decision, and interchangeability is determined provincially.
What else is CANDESARTAN called?
The same molecule, Candesartan, is registered under other names elsewhere. Buyers and prescribers searching from outside Canada — or working from a foreign prescription or tender document — often know it by one of these:
| Name | Script | Registered in |
|---|---|---|
| Atacand | Latin | Australia, Iceland, Morocco |
| Adesan | Latin | Australia |
| APO-Candesartan | Latin | Australia |
| BTC Candesartan | Latin | Australia |
| CANDESAN | Latin | Australia |
| Candesartan Sandoz | Latin | Australia |
| CANDESARTAN-WGR | Latin | Australia |
| BTC Candesartan HCT | Latin | Australia |
| Candesartan/HCT Sandoz | Latin | Australia |
| CARZAP HCT | Latin | Czechia |
| CANCOMBINO | Latin | Czechia |
| Kairasec | Latin | Iceland |
| Candpress | Latin | Iceland |
| CASARO HCT | Latin | Czechia |
| Atacand Plus | Latin | South Africa |
Names are taken from national medicine registers and published price lists. A product registered abroad is not authorized for sale in Canada unless it holds its own DIN; import is possible only through the routes Health Canada permits.
Can this still be bought in Canada?
No. This Drug Identification Number is cancelled pre market in Health Canada's Drug Product Database, so the product is no longer authorized for sale in Canada and Nexara does not supply it. This page is kept as a regulatory record.
If you are looking for a current equivalent, the alternatives above list every product sharing this therapeutic class, with the marketed ones first. Ask us to source an alternative
Ordering questions
Who can buy this from Nexara?
Licensed entities only. Nexara holds Health Canada establishment licence DEL 3-002896-A and ships only to a licensed address. Patients and unlicensed buyers are routed to a partner pharmacy.
Is there a minimum order?
Yes, set per product line and per pack multiple rather than on the order total, so you are never asked to buy a part-pack. The minimum for this line is confirmed with your quote.
What is the lead time?
Confirmed per order at quotation, and it depends on current stock position and whether the product is in shortage.
Why is there no price on this page?
Nexara quotes a delivered Canadian price per order, against a verified licence. Foreign list prices are published on incompatible bases and are not a guide to what any buyer can obtain here, so this page shows which markets list the molecule and on what basis, and nothing more.
Can Nexara supply this for a clinical trial?
Yes — comparator and background-therapy supply, including sourcing from other markets where a Canadian pack will not satisfy the protocol. Clinical trial supply.