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PNU-IMUNE 23 25 MCG / 0.5 ML — DIN 02230175

PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINE POLYVALENT : 25 MCG / 0.5 ML · LEDERLE LABS, DIVISION OF AMERICAN CYANAMID CO · LIQUID · wholesale supply in Canada

Health Canada status: CANCELLED POST MARKET

What is PNU-IMUNE 23?

PNU-IMUNE 23 25 MCG / 0.5 ML contains PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINE POLYVALENT : 25 MCG / 0.5 ML. It is listed in the Health Canada Drug Product Database under DIN 02230175, held by LEDERLE LABS, DIVISION OF AMERICAN CYANAMID CO, supplied as LIQUID for INTRAMUSCULAR ; SUBCUTANEOUS administration. Health Canada currently lists it as cancelled post market, status dated 06-Jun-2001. 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.

How much does Pneumococcus, Purified Polysacc.antigen Conjugated cost around the world?

Pneumococcus, Purified Polysacc.antigen Conjugated is listed on 5 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. Czechia publishes a max producer price (ex-factory); Greece publishes a producer price (ex-factory); Luxembourg publishes a reimbursement. 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
Czechiamax producer price (ex-factory)45CZK███.██
United Arab Emiratespublic23AED███.██
Luxembourgreimbursement33EUR███.██
Saudi Arabiapublic22SAR███.██
Greeceproducer price (ex-factory)11EUR███.██

14 pack listings across 12 brand entries and 4 price bases, refreshed 05 Sep 2026. Ranges span every Pneumococcus, Purified Polysacc.antigen Conjugated 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 Pneumococcus, Purified Polysacc.antigen Conjugated 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.

5 holders have a Canadian DIN containing Pneumococcus, Purified Polysacc.antigen Conjugated, across 10 DINs, of which 3 are currently marketed. Marketed count is the number that matters: an approval that is not marketed cannot be bought.

Market authorization holderDINsMarketedBrand namesPosition
MERCK CANADA INC42CAPVAXIVE, PNEUMOVAX 23, PNEUMOVAX 23 -(5-DOSE), VAXNEUVANCESourceable in Canada
PFIZER CANADA ULC31PREVNAR, PREVNAR 13, PREVNAR 20Sourceable in Canada
GLAXOSMITHKLINE INC10SYNFLORIXNo marketed DIN
LEDERLE LABS, DIVISION OF AMERICAN CYANAMID CO10PNU-IMUNE 23No marketed DIN
SANOFI PASTEUR LIMITED10PNEUMO 23No 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 label25 MCG / 0.5 ML
Dosage formLIQUID
RouteINTRAMUSCULAR ; SUBCUTANEOUS

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 substancePneumococcus, Purified Polysacc.antigen Conjugated
ATC codeJ07AL02
AHFS class80:12.00
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)02230175
DIN (unpadded, as printed on some documents)2230175
Brand namePNU-IMUNE 23
Generic / active ingredientPNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINE POLYVALENT : 25 MCG / 0.5 ML
Market authorization holderLEDERLE LABS, DIVISION OF AMERICAN CYANAMID CO
Health Canada scheduleSchedule D
ATC codeJ07AL02
ATC anatomical main groupJ — Anti-infectives for systemic use
ATC therapeutic subgroupJ07AL
Current statusCANCELLED POST MARKET
Status date06-Jun-2001
Original market date1997-09-10 00:00:00
Status sourceLive Health Canada DPD sync

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Health Canada DPD record

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

3 of 10 Canadian DINs for this molecule are currently marketed. Marketed products are listed first.

ProductStrengthFormHolderHealth Canada statusDIN
CAPVAXIVE4 MCG / 0.5 MLSOLUTIONMERCK CANADA INCMARKETED02549891
PREVNAR 202.2 MCG / 0.5 MLSUSPENSIONPFIZER CANADA ULCMARKETED02527049
VAXNEUVANCE30 MCG / 0.5 MLSUSPENSIONMERCK CANADA INCMARKETED02522403
PNEUMO 2325 MCG / 0.5 MLLIQUIDSANOFI PASTEUR LIMITEDCANCELLED POST MARKET02231259
PNEUMOVAX 2325 MCG / 0.5 MLSOLUTIONMERCK CANADA INCCANCELLED POST MARKET00431648
PNEUMOVAX 23 -(5-DOSE)25 MCG / 0.5 MLSOLUTIONMERCK CANADA INCCANCELLED POST MARKET02240632
PREVNAR20 MCG / 0.5 MLSUSPENSIONPFIZER CANADA ULCCANCELLED POST MARKET02244081
PREVNAR 132.2 MCG / 0.5 MLSUSPENSIONPFIZER CANADA ULCCANCELLED POST MARKET02335204
SYNFLORIX3 MCG / 0.5 MLSUSPENSIONGLAXOSMITHKLINE INCCANCELLED POST MARKET02320541

2 · Same class — other molecules in ATC J07AL

MoleculeCanadian brandsDINsMarketedSourceable
Pneumococcus, Purified Polysacc.antigen ConjugatedCAPVAXIVE · PNEUMO 23 · PNEUMOVAX 23 · PNEUMOVAX 23 -(5-DOSE) · +6 more103Yes
Pneumococcus, Purified Polysaccharides AntigenPNEUMOVAX 2310Not 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 J07A

ATC subgroupMoleculesDINsMarketed
J07AHMeningococcal Vaccines · Meningococcus B, Multicomponent Vaccine · Meningococcus C, Purified Polysaccharides Antigen Conjugated · Meningococcus, A, C, Bivalent Purified Polysacc. Antigen · Meningococcus, A, C, Y, W-135, Tetraval. Purified Polysacc. Antigen · +1 more176
J07AECholera, Inactivated, Whole Cell · Cholera, Live Attenuated42
J07APTyphoid, Inactivated, Whole Cell · Typhoid, Oral, Live Attenuated · Typhoid, Purified Polysaccharide Antigen52
J07AMTetanus Toxoid · Tetanus Toxoid, Comb. With Diphtheria Toxoid71
J07AXOther Bacterial Vaccines41
J07AGHemophilus Influenzae B Vaccines · Hemophilus Influenzae B, Combinations With Pertussis And Toxoids · Hemophilus Influenzae B, Combinations With Toxoids · Hemophilus Influenzae B, Purified Antig. Conjugated81
J07AJPertussis, Inact., Whole Cell, Comb. With Toxoids · Pertussis, Inactivated, Whole Cell · Pertussis, Purified Antigen · Pertussis, Purified Antigen, Comb. With Toxoids71
J07ANTuberculosis, Live Attenuated20

4 · Fixed-dose combinations with Canadian supply

ProductActive ingredientsHolderStatusDIN
ADACELPERTUSSIS TOXOID : 2.5 MCG / 0.5 ML FILAMENTOUS HAEMAGGLUTININ : 5 MCG / 0.5 ML DIPHTHERIA TOXOID : 2 LF / 0.5 ML PERTACTIN : 3 MCG / 0.5 ML FIMBRIAE TYPES 2 AND 3 (FIM) : 5 MCG / 0.5 ML TETANUS TOXOID : 5 LF / 0.5 MLSANOFI PASTEUR LIMITEDMARKETED02240255
DUKORALVIBRIO CHOLERAE INABA 48 CLASSICAL BIOTYPE, HEAT INACTIVATED : 31250000000 CELLS VIBRIO CHOLERAE OGAWA 50 CLASSICAL BIOTYPE, FORMALIN INACTIVATED : 31250000000 CELLS VIBRIO CHOLERAE INABA 6973 EL TOR BIOTYPE, FORMALIN INACTIVATED : 31250000000 CELLS VIBRIO CHOLERAE OGAWA 50 CLASSICAL BIOTYPE, HEAT INACTIVATED : 31250000000 CELLS RECOMBINANT CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT : 1 MGVALNEVA SWEDEN ABMARKETED02247208
VAXCHORAVIBRIO CHOLERAE, STRAIN CVD 103-HGR, LIVE : 2000000000 UNITBAVARIAN NORDIC ASMARKETED02538164

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 PNU-IMUNE 23 called?

The same molecule, Pneumococcus, Purified Polysacc.antigen Conjugated, 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
VAXNEUVANCELatinCzechia
CAPVAXIVELatinCzechia
VAXNEUVANCE™LatinUnited Arab Emirates

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. 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 02230175. Last reviewed 2026-09-11. Nexara Health is a licensed wholesaler and supplies licensed entities only; consumer orders are routed to a partner pharmacy.