Citric Acid — products, DINs, and Canadian availability

This page lists Health Canada–registered pharmaceutical products whose active ingredient list includes Citric Acid. We track 120 distinct Drug Identification Numbers (DINs) for this molecule, of which 27 are currently in marketed status. Across those registrations there are 60 manufacturers or marketing authorization holders, 16 dosage forms, and 56 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 Citric Acid 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 Citric Acid 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 Citric Acid

Dosage forms: Solution; Spray, Liquid, Solution, Tablet (Effervescent), Spray, Spray; Solution, Blood Collection, Spray (Bag-On-Valve), Wipe, Granules, Powder For Solution, Tablet. Strengths: 2.5 %, 4.5 %, 132 MG, 10 D, 1.10 G, 5.3 %, 325 MG, 6 %, 2 G, 730 MG, 2.45 G, 0.8 G, 2.54 G, 1.47 G.

Manufacturers and marketing authorization holders

PREVICARE INC, DRAXIMAGE A DIVISION OF DRAXIS SPECIALTY PHARMACEUTICALS INC, BIOLOGISCHE HEILMITTEL HEEL GMBH, TERUMO BCT, INC., LABORATOIRES DRUIDE INC., MILES CANADA INC. - CONSUMER HEALTH CARE DIVISION, BAYER INC, BAYER INC CONSUMER CARE, CHARLOTTE PRODUCTS LTD., ALPHA CLEANTECH LABS INC, BAXTER CORPORATION, CUTTER MED & BIOL, DIVISION OF MILES CANADA LTD., FRESENIUS KABI AG, FENWAL INC, MACO PHARMA, 9055-7588 QUÉBEC INC. (ATTITUDE), ECOLAB CO, FTA CANADA INC., 13552802 CANADA INC., FENWAL LABS, DIVISION OF BAXTER CORPORATION, and others.

Registered products containing Citric Acid

Sourcing Citric Acid through a licensed wholesaler

Nexara Health imports and distributes under Health Canada Drug Establishment Licence #3-002896. For Citric Acid 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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• Canadian drug shortage tracker
• Alternatives to Citric Acid
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