Iodine — products, DINs, and Canadian availability

This page lists Health Canada–registered pharmaceutical products whose active ingredient list includes Iodine. We track 120 distinct Drug Identification Numbers (DINs) for this molecule, of which 13 are currently in marketed status. Across those registrations there are 58 manufacturers or marketing authorization holders, 18 dosage forms, and 64 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 Iodine 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 Iodine 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 Iodine

Dosage forms: Tablet, Liquid, Powder For Solution, Solution, Ointment, Stick, Pad, Bolus, Aerosol, Kit; Liquid, Shampoo, Dressing. Strengths: 3 MG, 1000 UNIT, 3.25 %, 20 MG, 10000 UNIT, 3000 UNIT, 30 UNIT, 2000 UNIT, 10 MG, 5000 UNIT, 1500 UNIT, 1.25 %, 4500.0 UNIT, 0.5 %.

Manufacturers and marketing authorization holders

STANLEY PHARMACEUTICALS, A DIVISION OF VITA HEALTH PRODUCTS INC., CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES (ALBERTA), OMEGA LABORATORIES LIMITED, VITA HEALTH PRODUCTS INC, GFR PHARMA LTD., HALL LABORATORIES, LTD., LONDON DRUGS LIMITED, STANDARD PROCESS INC., W.F. YOUNG, INC., NUTRIBUILD CORPORATION, AGRISAN SPECIALTY CHEMICAL & PHARMACEUTICAL (A DIVISION OF AGRISAN INC), ACTI-FORM LTD., QUEST VITAMINS A DIV OF PURITY LIFE HEALTH PRODUCTS, ACME UNITED CORPORATION, BIO ACTIVE CANADA LTD., DIVERSEY INC, FRESENIUS KABI CANADA LTD, SANTÉ NATURELLE (AG) LTÉE, WN PHARMACEUTICALS LTD., GEA FARM TECHNOLOGIES INC, and others.

Registered products containing Iodine

Sourcing Iodine through a licensed wholesaler

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

Related pages

• Browse all active ingredients
• Canadian drug shortage tracker
• Alternatives to Iodine
• Comparator sourcing for clinical trials