Acetaminophen — products, DINs, and Canadian availability

This page lists Health Canada–registered pharmaceutical products whose active ingredient list includes Acetaminophen. We track 120 distinct Drug Identification Numbers (DINs) for this molecule, of which 26 are currently in marketed status. Across those registrations there are 43 manufacturers or marketing authorization holders, 10 dosage forms, and 13 distinct strength presentations.

Procurement teams normally arrive here for one of three reasons: a specific brand is unavailable and an equivalent registration is needed; a clinical protocol requires a comparator containing Acetaminophen in a defined strength; or a pharmacy needs to know which manufacturers still hold an active Canadian registration before committing to a substitution. The table below answers the first question directly. For the second and third, Nexara Health can confirm live availability, remaining shelf life, and landed cost from Canadian stock or from any of more than 40 regulated international source markets.

Registration status is not the same as availability. A product can hold marketed status in the Drug Product Database and still be on allocation, discontinued by the holder, or unavailable in the pack size a hospital needs. Where a Acetaminophen product is in shortage, our Canadian drug shortage tracker carries the reported status, the reason where the manufacturer has published one, and the marketed alternatives sharing the same active ingredient.

Dosage forms and strengths recorded for Acetaminophen

Dosage forms: Tablet, Capsule, Suppository, Tablet (Chewable), Solution, Drops, Elixir, Suspension, Tablet (Extended-Release), Liquid. Strengths: 500 MG, 325 MG, 15 MG, 650 MG, 120 MG, 160 MG, 300 MG, 80 MG, 500.0 MG, 1000 MG, 10 MG, 100 MG, 32 MG.

Manufacturers and marketing authorization holders

STANLEY PHARMACEUTICALS, A DIVISION OF VITA HEALTH PRODUCTS INC., MERCK FROSST CANADA & CIE, MERCK FROSST CANADA & CO., WHITEHALL-ROBINS INC., IVAX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED, PENDOPHARM DIVISION OF PHARMASCIENCE INC, PHARMASCIENCE INC, LABORATOIRE ROMILO, JAMIESON LABORATORIES LTD, EURO-PHARM INTERNATIONAL CANADA INC, PHARMEL INC, LIL' DRUG STORE PRODUCTS INC, TEVA CANADA LIMITED, SIVEM PHARMACEUTICALS ULC, PERRIGO INTERNATIONAL, LABORATOIRES TRIANON INC., CELLCHEM PHARMACEUTICALS INC., TANTA PHARMACEUTICALS INC, TECHNILAB PHARMA INC., WN PHARMACEUTICALS LTD., ACCUREX HEALTH CARE MANUFACTURING INC., and others.

Registered products containing Acetaminophen

Sourcing Acetaminophen through a licensed wholesaler

Nexara Health imports and distributes under Health Canada Drug Establishment Licence #3-002896. For Acetaminophen we can quote Canadian-marketed presentations, equivalent registrations from the EU, UK, US, Switzerland, Australia, and Japan where the Canadian presentation is unavailable, and comparator-grade supply with Certificate of Analysis, batch and expiry records, and full chain of custody for clinical trial use. Cold-chain presentations ship under GDP conditions with continuous temperature monitoring.

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