Metformin Hydrochloride — products, DINs, and Canadian availability

This page lists Health Canada–registered pharmaceutical products whose active ingredient list includes Metformin Hydrochloride. We track 120 distinct Drug Identification Numbers (DINs) for this molecule, of which 60 are currently in marketed status. Across those registrations there are 31 manufacturers or marketing authorization holders, 2 dosage forms, and 14 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 Metformin Hydrochloride 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 Metformin Hydrochloride 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 Metformin Hydrochloride

Dosage forms: Tablet, Tablet (Extended-Release). Strengths: 850 MG, 500 MG, 50 MG, 5 MG, 1000 MG, 100 MG, 4.00 MG, 1 MG, 4 MG, 2 MG, 2.00 MG, 150 MG, 2.5 MG, 12.5 MG.

Manufacturers and marketing authorization holders

ACCEL PHARMA INC, ACCORD HEALTHCARE INC, ANGITA PHARMA INC., APOTEX INC, AURO PHARMA INC, AVANSTRA INC, GLAXOSMITHKLINE INC, BAKER CUMMINS INC, BIOMED PHARMA, DOMINION PHARMACAL, ECL PHARMA GROUP LTD, GLENMARK PHARMACEUTICALS CANADA INC., SANOFI-AVENTIS CANADA INC, BAUSCH HEALTH, CANADA INC., STRIDES PHARMA CANADA INC, JANSSEN INC, MARCAN PHARMACEUTICALS INC, JAMP PHARMA CORPORATION, MERCK CANADA INC, BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM (CANADA) LTD LTEE, and others.

Registered products containing Metformin Hydrochloride

Sourcing Metformin Hydrochloride through a licensed wholesaler

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

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• Canadian drug shortage tracker
• Alternatives to Metformin Hydrochloride
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