CAPRELSA 300 MG — DIN 02378590
VANDETANIB : 300 MG · SANOFI-AVENTIS CANADA INC · TABLET · wholesale supply in Canada
Health Canada status: MARKETED
What is CAPRELSA?
CAPRELSA 300 MG contains VANDETANIB : 300 MG. It is listed in the Health Canada Drug Product Database under DIN 02378590, held by SANOFI-AVENTIS CANADA INC, supplied as TABLET for ORAL administration. Health Canada currently lists it as marketed, status dated 05-Apr-2024. 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.
What is CAPRELSA used for?
Monotherapy for symptomatic or progressive medullary thyroid cancer in adults with unresectable locally advanced or metastatic disease. Use should consider risk:benefit in indolent disease.
Authorized indication as written in the Health Canada product monograph. For healthcare professionals and licensed purchasers; this is not medical advice.
How much does Vandetanib cost around the world?
Vandetanib is listed on 8 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. Greece publishes a producer price (ex-factory); Iceland publishes a max wholesale; Italy publishes a ex-factory (classe H). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | max producer price | 2 | 4 | RON███.██ |
| Norway | max AUP (pharmacy retail) | 1 | 3 | NOK███.██ |
| Greece | producer price (ex-factory) | 2 | 2 | EUR███.██ |
| Iceland | max wholesale | 1 | 2 | ISK███.██ |
| Italy | ex-factory (classe H) | 2 | 2 | EUR███.██ |
| Luxembourg | reimbursement | 2 | 2 | EUR███.██ |
| Saudi Arabia | public | 2 | 2 | SAR███.██ |
| Slovakia | categorised final price | 2 | 2 | EUR███.██ |
19 pack listings across 14 brand entries and 8 price bases, refreshed 07 Sep 2026. Ranges span every Vandetanib 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 Vandetanib 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.
Only one market authorization holder has a Canadian DIN containing Vandetanib — 2 DINs, of which 2 are currently marketed. There is no second Canadian source today, so a supply interruption on this holder has no domestic substitute at the same molecule.
| Market authorization holder | DINs | Marketed | Brand names | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SANOFI-AVENTIS CANADA INC | 2 | 2 | CAPRELSA | 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 | 300 MG |
|---|---|
| Dosage form | TABLET |
| Route | ORAL |
| Pack configuration (monograph) | Blister packages containing 30 tablets (3 x 10 tablets). |
| Storage | Store at 15-30°C (implied by standard Canadian monograph sections, though specific text was cut off, the document mentions 'Storage, Stability, and Disposal' in TOC). |
Before an order line is unambiguous Nexara needs the strength, the pack size and the presentation.
Substance and classification
| Active substance | Vandetanib |
|---|---|
| ATC code | L01EX04 |
| 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) | 02378590 |
|---|---|
| DIN (unpadded, as printed on some documents) | 2378590 |
| Brand name | CAPRELSA |
| Generic / active ingredient | VANDETANIB : 300 MG |
| Market authorization holder | SANOFI-AVENTIS CANADA INC |
| Health Canada schedule | Prescription |
| ATC code | L01EX04 |
| ATC anatomical main group | L — Antineoplastic and immunomodulating agents |
| ATC therapeutic subgroup | L01EX |
| Current status | MARKETED |
| Status date | 05-Apr-2024 |
| Status source | Live Health Canada DPD sync |
Verify on the primary sources
How is it administered?
Recommended dose: 300 mg once daily. May be taken with or without food. Dose reductions to 200 mg or 100 mg may be required for toxicity (QTc prolongation, Grade 3/4 diarrhea or skin reactions).
Included because it drives pack selection and wastage. Consult the monograph.
Contraindications
Congenital long QT syndrome or QTcF ≥ 500 ms; uncorrected hypokalemia, hypomagnesemia, or hypocalcemia; uncontrolled hypertension; hypersensitivity to vandetanib or excipients.
Warnings and precautions
Serious risks: QTcF prolongation, Torsade de Pointes, sudden death, fatal heart failure, and Grade 4 hypertension/hypertensive crisis. Restricted Distribution Program required.
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
2 of 2 Canadian DINs for this molecule are currently marketed. Marketed products are listed first.
| Product | Strength | Form | Holder | Health Canada status | DIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAPRELSA | 100 MG | TABLET | SANOFI-AVENTIS CANADA INC | MARKETED | 02378582 |
2 · Same class — other molecules in ATC L01EX
| Molecule | Canadian brands | DINs | Marketed | Sourceable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunitinib | AURO-SUNITINIB · EUGIA-SUNITINIB · NAT-SUNITINIB · SANDOZ SUNITINIB · +3 more | 26 | 18 | Yes |
| Lenvatinib | LENVIMA | 8 | 8 | Yes |
| Nintedanib | AURO-NINTEDANIB · EUGIA-NINTEDANIB · JAMP NINTEDANIB · OFEV | 7 | 5 | Yes |
| Avapritinib | AYVAKYT | 4 | 4 | Yes |
| Pazopanib | EUGIA-PAZOPANIB · PMS-PAZOPANIB · SANDOZ PAZOPANIB · VOTRIENT | 5 | 3 | Yes |
| Larotrectinib | VITRAKVI | 3 | 3 | Yes |
| Cabozantinib | CABOMETYX | 3 | 3 | Yes |
| Capivasertib | TRUQAP | 2 | 2 | Yes |
| Entrectinib | ROZLYTREK | 2 | 2 | Yes |
| Capmatinib | TABRECTA | 2 | 2 | Yes |
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 L01E
| ATC subgroup | Molecules | DINs | Marketed |
|---|---|---|---|
| L01EA | Asciminib · Bosutinib · Dasatinib · Imatinib · Nilotinib · +1 more | 73 | 57 |
| L01EB | Afatinib · Dacomitinib · Erlotinib · Gefitinib · Lazertinib · +1 more | 40 | 23 |
| L01EF | Abemaciclib · Palbociclib · Ribociclib | 17 | 14 |
| L01ED | Alectinib · Brigatinib · Ceritinib · Crizotinib · Lorlatinib | 10 | 10 |
| L01EJ | Fedratinib · Momelotinib · Ruxolitinib | 8 | 8 |
| L01EE | Binimetinib · Cobimetinib · Selumetinib · Trametinib | 8 | 7 |
| L01EN | Erdafitinib · Infigratinib · Pemigatinib | 11 | 6 |
| L01EL | Acalabrutinib · Ibrutinib · Zanubrutinib | 10 | 5 |
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.
How can I get it?
Nexara Health supplies this product to licensed Canadian buyers — pharmacies, hospitals, clinics, licensed distributors, and clinical trial sponsors or their CROs. We confirm stock, pack size, expiry and pricing at the time of quotation. If the product is on backorder or in shortage, we identify equivalent alternatives and import options where 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.