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C.E.S. TABLETS 1.25 MG — DIN 00265489

CONJUGATED ESTROGENS : 1.25 MG · VALEANT CANADA LP / VALEANT CANADA S.E.C. · TABLET · wholesale supply in Canada

Health Canada status: CANCELLED POST MARKET

What is C.E.S. TABLETS?

C.E.S. TABLETS 1.25 MG contains CONJUGATED ESTROGENS : 1.25 MG. It is listed in the Health Canada Drug Product Database under DIN 00265489, held by VALEANT CANADA LP / VALEANT CANADA S.E.C., supplied as TABLET for ORAL administration. Health Canada currently lists it as cancelled post market, status dated 30-Jul-2014. 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 C.E.S. TABLETS used for?

C.E.S.® (conjugated estrogens tablets, CSD) is indicated for: Relief of menopausal and postmenopausal symptoms occurring in naturally or surgically induced estrogen deficiency states including vaginal and vulvar atrophy (with or without pruritus). Prevention and treatment of osteoporosis in naturally occurring or surgically induced estrogen-deficiency states. Hypoestrogenism due to hypogonadism, castration, or primary ovarian failure. Atrophic vaginitis. In male patients: Inoperable progressing prostatic cancer (for palliation only when castration is not feasible, or when castration failed or delayed escape following a response to castration occurred).

Authorized indication as written in the Health Canada product monograph. For healthcare professionals and licensed purchasers; this is not medical advice.

How much does Conjugated Estrogens cost around the world?

Conjugated Estrogens is listed on 3 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. Iceland publishes a max wholesale; South Africa publishes a single exit price; United States publishes a acquisition. 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.

MarketPrice basis published thereBrandsPacks listedRange
United Statesacquisition48USD███.██
Icelandmax wholesale11ISK███.██
South Africasingle exit price11ZAR███.██

10 pack listings across 6 brand entries and 3 price bases, refreshed 03 Sep 2026. Ranges span every Conjugated Estrogens pack in that market, so a high figure is usually a larger pack rather than the same product.

Figures are held for the Nexara team. Cross-market prices are published on incompatible bases and are not an offer, a landed cost, or a guide to what any buyer can obtain. Nexara publishes which markets list the product and on what basis; the numbers stay internal.

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This table is a regulatory record of where the molecule is listed. The DIN on this page is no longer authorized for sale in Canada, so Nexara does not quote it — see the alternatives above.

Is there a generic Conjugated Estrogens 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.

9 holders have a Canadian DIN containing Conjugated Estrogens, across 33 DINs, of which 4 are currently marketed. Marketed count is the number that matters: an approval that is not marketed cannot be bought.

Market authorization holderDINsMarketedBrand namesPosition
PFIZER CANADA ULC74PREMARIN, PREMARIN INTRAVENOUS, PREMARIN VAGINAL CREAMSourceable in Canada
AYERST LABORATORIES60PREMARIN CRM 0.625MG/GM, PREMARIN INJ 25MG/5ML, PREMARIN TABLETS 0.3MG, PREMARIN TABLETS 0.625MG, PREMARIN TABLETS 1.25MG, +1 moreNo marketed DIN
APOTEX INC50APO-CONEST TAB 0.3MG, APO-CONEST TAB 0.625MG, APO-CONEST TAB 0.9MG, APO-CONEST TAB 1.25MG, APO-CONEST TAB 2.5MGNo marketed DIN
LABORATOIRE RIVA INC.50CONGESTNo marketed DIN
PHARMASCIENCE INC40PMS-CONJUGATED ESTROGENS C.S.D.No marketed DIN
VALEANT CANADA LP / VALEANT CANADA S.E.C.30C.E.S. TABLETSNo marketed DIN
BAUSCH HEALTH, CANADA INC.10C.E.S.No marketed DIN
WYETH CANADA10PREMARIN TABLETS 0.9MGNo marketed DIN
WYETH-AYERST CANADA INC.10PREMARIN TABLETS 2.5MGNo marketed DIN

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 label1.25 MG
Dosage formTABLET
RouteORAL
Pack configuration (monograph)null
StorageSTORAGE AND STABILITY. SPECIAL HANDLING INSTRUCTIONS

Pack detail is kept as a regulatory record. This DIN is no longer authorized for sale in Canada, so Nexara does not quote this pack.

Substance and classification

Active substanceConjugated Estrogens
ATC codeG03CA57
AHFS class68:16.04
Biosimilar biologicNo

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)00265489
DIN (unpadded, as printed on some documents)265489
Brand nameC.E.S. TABLETS
Generic / active ingredientCONJUGATED ESTROGENS : 1.25 MG
Market authorization holderVALEANT CANADA LP / VALEANT CANADA S.E.C.
Health Canada schedulePrescription
ATC codeG03CA57
ATC anatomical main groupG — Genito-urinary system and sex hormones
ATC therapeutic subgroupG03CA
Current statusCANCELLED POST MARKET
Status date30-Jul-2014
Original market date1963-12-31 00:00:00
Status sourceLive Health Canada DPD sync

Verify on the primary sources

Health Canada DPD record Approved product monograph (PDF)

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

4 of 33 Canadian DINs for this molecule are currently marketed. Marketed products are listed first.

ProductStrengthFormHolderHealth Canada statusDIN
PREMARIN0.3 MGTABLET (EXTENDED-RELEASE)PFIZER CANADA ULCMARKETED02414678
PREMARIN1.25 MGTABLET (EXTENDED-RELEASE)PFIZER CANADA ULCMARKETED02414694
PREMARIN INTRAVENOUS25 MGPOWDER FOR SOLUTIONPFIZER CANADA ULCMARKETED02043386
PREMARIN VAGINAL CREAM0.625 MGCreamPFIZER CANADA ULCMARKETED02043440
APO-CONEST TAB 0.3MG0.3 MGTABLETAPOTEX INCCANCELLED POST MARKET00798231
APO-CONEST TAB 0.625MG0.625 MGTABLETAPOTEX INCCANCELLED POST MARKET00798223
APO-CONEST TAB 0.9MG0.9 MGTABLETAPOTEX INCCANCELLED POST MARKET00798215
APO-CONEST TAB 1.25MG1.25 MGTABLETAPOTEX INCCANCELLED POST MARKET00798207
APO-CONEST TAB 2.5MG2.5 MGTABLETAPOTEX INCCANCELLED POST MARKET00798193
C.E.S.0.625 MGTABLETBAUSCH HEALTH, CANADA INC.DORMANT00265470

2 · Same class — other molecules in ATC G03CA

MoleculeCanadian brandsDINsMarketedSourceable
EstradiolCLIMARA 100 · CLIMARA 25 · CLIMARA 50 · CLIMARA 75 · +31 more5122Yes
Conjugated EstrogensAPO-CONEST TAB 0.3MG · APO-CONEST TAB 0.625MG · APO-CONEST TAB 0.9MG · APO-CONEST TAB 1.25MG · +15 more334Yes
EstroneESTRAGYN VAGINAL CREAM · OESTRILIN CONES VAGINAUX · OESTRILIN CREME VAGINALE 1MG · OGEN .625 · +2 more61Yes
EthinylestradiolESTINYL TAB 0.05MG · ESTINYL TAB 0.5MG · ESTINYL TABLETS 0.02 MG.30Not in Canada
Natural And Semisynthetic Estrogens, PlainESTRAGYN · NEO ESTRONE TAB 1.25MG30Not 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.

3 · Adjacent classes in ATC G03C

ATC subgroupMoleculesDINsMarketed
G03CCConjugated Estrogens And Bazedoxifene11
G03CXTibolone11
G03CBDienestrol · Diethylstilbestrol40

4 · Fixed-dose combinations with Canadian supply

ProductActive ingredientsHolderStatusDIN
DUAVIVECONJUGATED ESTROGENS 0.45 MG; BAZEDOXIFENE (BAZEDOXIFENE ACETATE) 20 MGPFIZER CANADA ULCMARKETED02432854

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 C.E.S. TABLETS called?

The same molecule, Conjugated Estrogens, 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:

NameScriptRegistered in
Conjugated OestrogenLatinIceland
Estracombi TTSLatinSouth 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 post 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.

Sources and disclaimer

Product data sourced from the Health Canada Drug Product Database and the approved product monograph (PDF). Health Canada status reconciled against the live DPD sync. Last reviewed 11 Sep 2026.

Nothing on this page is medical advice. Nexara Health is a licensed wholesale distributor and supplies licensed entities only; consumer orders are routed to a partner pharmacy. Alternatives tables describe supply, not clinical equivalence.

Health Canada Drug Product Database (DPD), DIN 00265489. Last reviewed 2026-09-11. Nexara Health is a licensed wholesaler and supplies licensed entities only; consumer orders are routed to a partner pharmacy.