TARO-LORATADINE 10 MG — DIN 02251795
LORATADINE : 10 MG · TARO PHARMACEUTICALS INC · TABLET · wholesale supply in Canada
Health Canada status: APPROVED
What is TARO-LORATADINE?
TARO-LORATADINE 10 MG contains LORATADINE : 10 MG. It is listed in the Health Canada Drug Product Database under DIN 02251795, held by TARO PHARMACEUTICALS INC, supplied as TABLET for ORAL administration. Health Canada currently lists it as approved, status dated 20-Apr-2004. Nexara Health is a licensed Canadian wholesale distributor (DEL 3-002896-A) and can source this product for hospitals, pharmacies and clinics. Availability and lead time are confirmed per order.
How much does Loratadine cost around the world?
Loratadine is listed on 11 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); Bahrain publishes a retail (max). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | single exit price | 26 | 41 | ZAR███.██ |
| Saudi Arabia | public | 37 | 37 | SAR███.██ |
| Bahrain | retail (max) | 17 | 35 | BHD███.██ |
| United States | acquisition | 4 | 34 | USD███.██ |
| Morocco | PPV (public price) | 7 | 23 | MAD███.██ |
| United Arab Emirates | public | 11 | 16 | AED███.██ |
| Czechia | max producer price (ex-factory) | 4 | 8 | CZK███.██ |
| Austria | KVP (Kassenverkaufspreis) | 3 | 6 | EUR███.██ |
| Australia | ex-manufacturer | 5 | 5 | AUD███.██ |
| Greece | producer price (ex-factory) | 4 | 4 | EUR███.██ |
| United Kingdom | hospital | 2 | 2 | GBP███.██ |
211 pack listings across 120 brand entries and 10 price bases, refreshed 08 Sep 2026. Ranges span every Loratadine 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 Loratadine 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 Loratadine, across 20 DINs, of which 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAYER INC | 6 | 5 | CLARITIN ALLERGY, CLARITIN KIDS, CLARITIN KIDS RAPID DISSOLVE, CLARITIN LIQUID CAPSULES, CLARITIN RAPID DISSOLVE | Sourceable in Canada |
| APOTEX INC | 4 | 3 | ALLERGY REMEDY, ALLERTIN, APO-LORATADINE | Sourceable in Canada |
| APOTEX INC 150 Signet Drive Toronto Ontario Canada M9L 1T9 | 2 | 2 | LORATADINE, LORATADINE SOFT GEL CAPSULES | Sourceable in Canada |
| VITA HEALTH PRODUCTS INC | 3 | 1 | 24 HOUR ALLERGY REMEDY, ALLERTIN TABLETS 10MG, LORATADINE TABLETS 10MG | Sourceable in Canada |
| CATALENT ONTARIO LIMITED | 1 | 0 | LORATADINE SOFT GELATIN CAPSULES | No marketed DIN |
| MYLAN PHARMACEUTICALS ULC | 1 | 0 | LORATADINE | No marketed DIN |
| NOVOPHARM LIMITED | 1 | 0 | NOVO-LORATADINE | No marketed DIN |
| SCHERING-PLOUGH CANADA INC | 1 | 0 | CLARITIN SYRUP 1MG/ML | No marketed DIN |
| TARO PHARMACEUTICALS INC | 1 | 0 | TARO-LORATADINE | No 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 label | 10 MG |
|---|---|
| Dosage form | TABLET |
| Route | ORAL |
Before an order line is unambiguous Nexara needs the strength, the pack size and the presentation.
Substance and classification
| Active substance | Loratadine |
|---|---|
| ATC code | R06AX13 |
| AHFS class | 84:80.00 |
| 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) | 02251795 |
|---|---|
| DIN (unpadded, as printed on some documents) | 2251795 |
| Brand name | TARO-LORATADINE |
| Generic / active ingredient | LORATADINE : 10 MG |
| Market authorization holder | TARO PHARMACEUTICALS INC |
| Health Canada schedule | NON-PRESCRIPTION DRUGS |
| ATC code | R06AX13 |
| ATC anatomical main group | R — Respiratory system |
| ATC therapeutic subgroup | R06AX |
| Current status | APPROVED |
| Status date | 20-Apr-2004 |
| Original market date | 2004-05-17 00:00:00 |
| Status source | Live Health Canada DPD sync |
Verify on the primary sources
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
11 of 20 Canadian DINs for this molecule are currently marketed. Marketed products are listed first.
| Product | Strength | Form | Holder | Health Canada status | DIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 HOUR ALLERGY REMEDY | 10 MG | TABLET | VITA HEALTH PRODUCTS INC | MARKETED | 02280159 |
| ALLERGY REMEDY | 10 MG | TABLET | APOTEX INC | MARKETED | 02375990 |
| ALLERTIN | 10 MG | CAPSULE | APOTEX INC | MARKETED | 02390388 |
| APO-LORATADINE | 10 MG | TABLET | APOTEX INC | MARKETED | 02243880 |
| CLARITIN ALLERGY | 10 MG | TABLET | BAYER INC | MARKETED | 00782696 |
| CLARITIN KIDS | 5 MG / 5 ML | SYRUP | BAYER INC | MARKETED | 02241523 |
| CLARITIN KIDS RAPID DISSOLVE | 5 MG | TABLET (ORALLY DISINTEGRATING) | BAYER INC | MARKETED | 02508761 |
| CLARITIN LIQUID CAPSULES | 10 MG | CAPSULE | BAYER INC | MARKETED | 02404494 |
| CLARITIN RAPID DISSOLVE | 10 MG | TABLET (ORALLY DISINTEGRATING) | BAYER INC | MARKETED | 02237734 |
| LORATADINE | Strength | Tablet | APOTEX INC 150 Signet Drive Toronto Ontario Canada M9L 1T9 | MARKETED | 02366444 |
2 · Same class — other molecules in ATC R06AX
| Molecule | Canadian brands | DINs | Marketed | Sourceable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loratadine | 24 HOUR ALLERGY REMEDY · ALLERGY REMEDY · ALLERTIN · ALLERTIN TABLETS 10MG · APO-LORATADINE · CLARITIN ALLERGY · CLARITIN KIDS · CLARITIN KIDS RAPID DISSOLVE · CLARITIN LIQUID CAPSULES · CLARITIN RAPID DISSOLVE · CLARITIN SYRUP 1MG/ML · LORATADINE · LORATADINE SOFT GEL CAPSULES · LORATADINE SOFT GELATIN CAPSULES · LORATADINE TABLETS 10MG · NOVO-LORATADINE · TARO-LORATADINE | 20 | 11 | Yes |
| Bilastine | AURO-BILASTINE · BLEXTEN · GLN-BILASTINE · JAMP BILASTINE · M-BILASTINE · MAR-BILASTINE · NRA-BILASTINE · SANDOZ BILASTINE | 10 | 10 | Yes |
| Rupatadine | APO-RUPATADINE · PMS-RUPATADINE · RIVA-RUPATADINE · RUPALL | 5 | 5 | Yes |
| Desloratadine | AERIUS · AERIUS KIDS · ALLERGY CONTROL DESLORATADINE · ALLERNIX MULTI SYMPTOM · DESLORATADINE · DESLORATADINE ALLERGY CONTROL · DESLORATADINE TABLETS | 9 | 4 | Yes |
| Cyproheptadine | EURO-CYPROHEPTADINE 2MG/5ML · EURO-CYPROHEPTADINE 4 MG/TABLET · JAMP CYPROHEPTADINE SYRUP · JAMP-CYPROHEPTADINE · MAR-CYPROHEPTADINE · PERIACTIN SYR 2MG/5ML · PERIACTIN TAB 4MG · PMS-CYPROHEPTADINE HCL TAB 4MG · SANDOZ CYPROHEPTADINE · SANDOZ CYPROHEPTADINE TABLET | 10 | 3 | Yes |
| Fexofenadine | ALLEGRA 12 HOUR · ALLEGRA 24 HOUR · ALLEGRA HIVES | 3 | 3 | Yes |
| Ketotifen | APO-KETOTIFEN - SYR 1MG/5ML · NOVO-KETOTIFEN - SYR 1MG/5ML · NOVO-KETOTIFEN TAB 1MG · NU-KETOTIFEN SYRUP - 1MG/5ML · PMS-KETOTIFEN · ZADITEN · ZADITEN - DPS 1MG/ML | 9 | 1 | Yes |
| Other Antihistamines For Systemic Use | APO-BILASTINE ORAL SOLUTION · APO-BILASTINE ORODISPERSIBLE TABLETS · APO-BILASTINE TABLETS | 3 | 1 | Yes |
| Terfenadine | ALLERGY RELIEF · APO-TERFENADINE TAB 120MG · APO-TERFENADINE TABLETS 60MG · NOVO-TERFENADINE TAB 60MG · SAFEWAY ONCE A DAY ALLERGY CAPLET 120MG · SELDANE - SUS 30MG/5ML · SELDANE - TAB 60MG · SELDANE 120MG ONCE-A-DAY CAPLETS · SELDANE SUS 6MG/ML · SELDANE TAB 120MG · SELDANE TAB 60MG | 11 | 0 | Not in Canada |
| Astemizole | HISMANAL - TAB 10MG · HISMANAL SUSPENSION 2MG/ML · HISMANAL TAB 10MG | 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.
3 · Adjacent classes in ATC R06A
| ATC subgroup | Molecules | DINs | Marketed |
|---|---|---|---|
| R06AA | Clemastine · Dimenhydrinate · Dimenhydrinate, Combinations · Diphenhydramine · Diphenhydramine, Combinations · Diphenylpyraline, Combinations · Doxylamine · Doxylamine, Combinations | 264 | 76 |
| R06AE | Cetirizine · Cyclizine · Meclozine · Meclozine, Combinations | 69 | 27 |
| R06AB | Brompheniramine · Chlorpheniramine · Dexchlorpheniramine | 17 | 1 |
| R06AD | Alimemazine · Promethazine | 17 | 1 |
| R06AC | Tripelennamine | 1 | 0 |
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 TARO-LORATADINE called?
The same molecule, Loratadine, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CLARTEC | Latin | Morocco |
| Lohist | Latin | Bahrain, Saudi Arabia |
| CLARITINE | Latin | Bahrain, Czechia |
| CLARITYNE | Latin | Morocco |
| Clarityne Tablets | Latin | South Africa |
| HISTANORM | Latin | Morocco |
| LORACTYNE | Latin | Morocco |
| LORINE | Latin | Bahrain, Saudi Arabia |
| ALLERGINE | Latin | Morocco |
| FLONIDAN | Latin | Czechia |
| Lohist-Extra | Latin | Bahrain, United Arab Emirates |
| LORADAY | Latin | Bahrain |
| LORALIFE | Latin | Bahrain |
| LORINASE | Latin | Bahrain |
| Allergex Non Drowsy Tablets | 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.
How can I get it?
This product is approved by Health Canada but not yet marketed in Canada, so there is no Canadian supply to draw on today. Nexara can tell you whether it has been launched, and can look at supply from other markets where a Canadian pack is not required or where importation is permitted.
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.