Famotidine — products, DINs, and Canadian availability

This page lists Health Canada–registered pharmaceutical products whose active ingredient list includes Famotidine. We track 74 distinct Drug Identification Numbers (DINs) for this molecule, of which 20 are currently in marketed status. Across those registrations there are 28 manufacturers or marketing authorization holders, 3 dosage forms, and 3 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 Famotidine 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 Famotidine 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 Famotidine

Dosage forms: Tablet, Solution, Tablet (Chewable). Strengths: 10 MG, 20 MG, 40 MG.

Manufacturers and marketing authorization holders

VITA HEALTH PRODUCTS INC, PENDOPHARM DIVISION OF PHARMASCIENCE INC, TEVA CANADA LIMITED, APOTEX INC, ANGITA PHARMA INC., PHARMASCIENCE INC, NOVOPHARM LIMITED, AURO PHARMA INC, BAKER CUMMINS INC, SANIS HEALTH INC, SIVEM PHARMACEUTICALS ULC, LABORATOIRE RIVA INC., MYLAN PHARMACEUTICALS ULC, FRESENIUS KABI CANADA LTD, HOSPIRA HEALTHCARE ULC, OMEGA LABORATORIES LIMITED, IVAX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED, PRO DOC LIMITEE, JAMP PHARMA CORPORATION, KENVUE CANADA INC., and others.

Registered products containing Famotidine

Sourcing Famotidine through a licensed wholesaler

Nexara Health imports and distributes under Health Canada Drug Establishment Licence #3-002896. For Famotidine 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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