Drug · DIN 02291177
CHAMPIX
No: no longer authorized
The company stopped selling it and its DIN was cancelled. A cancellation is most often a business decision; the record does not say why.
Status Cancelled Post Market since April 10, 2024; first marketed April 11, 2007.
- Drug Identification Number (DIN)
- 02291177
- Company (DIN owner)
- Pfizer Canada UlcKirkland, Quebec, Canada
- Schedule
- Prescription
- Dosage form
- Tablet
- Route
- Oral
- Therapeutic class (ATC)
- Varenicline N07BA03
- Class
- Human
- Record last updated
- March 22, 2025
Active ingredients
As listed in the Drug Product Database.
| Ingredient | Strength | Per |
|---|---|---|
| VARENICLINE (VARENICLINE TARTRATE) | 0.5 MG |
Notices of Compliance
Health Canada approvals that name this DIN.
- November 20, 2014: NOC 16327Supplement to a New Drug Submission (SNDS) · Description of two new studies in the action and clinical pharmacology section of the product monograph
- January 24, 2007: NOC 8557New Drug Submission (NDS)
Recalls and safety alerts that mention it
Health Canada’s recall notices do not carry licence numbers, so these are matched by name: notices whose title or product names “champix”. A notice may cover another product or only some lots: read it to see what it covers.
- CHAMPIX (varenicline) — Potential Risk Posed by Long-Term Exposure to Nitrosamine Impurity, N-nitrosovarenicline, Exceeding Acceptable Intake LimitJune 30, 2021 · Drugs · Product safety
- Pfizer Champix Product Recall (2021-06-08)June 8, 2021 · Drugs · Product safety · Type II
- CHAMPIX (varenicline tartrate) and ZYBAN (bupropion hydrochloride) - Revision to the Consumer Information of Non-Nicotine Smoking Cessation Aids - For the PublicMay 30, 2013 · Drugs · Product safety
- CHAMPIX (varenicline tartrate) and ZYBAN (bupropion hydrochloride) - Revision to the Consumer Information of Non-Nicotine Smoking Cessation Aids - For Health ProfessionalsMay 30, 2013 · Drugs · Product safety
- Champix: Updated safety information for the smoking-cessation drugJanuary 19, 2012 · Drugs · Product safety
- CHAMPIX (varenicline tartrate) - Changes to the Canadian Product Monograph - For the PublicJune 3, 2010 · Drugs
- Champix (varenicline tartrate) - Changes to the Canadian Product Monograph - For Health ProfessionalsJune 3, 2010 · Drugs
- New safety information regarding Champix (varenicline tartrate) - For Health ProfessionalsJune 20, 2008 · Drugs
Other DINs named CHAMPIX
- DIN 02291185 · Cancelled Post Market
- DIN 02298309 · Cancelled Post Market