Drug · DIN 02298309
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 12, 2024; first marketed October 2, 2007.
- Drug Identification Number (DIN)
- 02298309
- Company (DIN owner)
- Pfizer Canada UlcKirkland, Quebec, Canada
- Schedule
- Prescription
- Dosage form
- Tablet; Kit
- 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 | |
| VARENICLINE (VARENICLINE TARTRATE) | 1 MG |
Notices of Compliance
Health Canada approvals that name this DIN.
- August 21, 2007: NOC 8984Supplement to a New Drug Submission (SNDS) · New drug identification number for the initial dosing pack
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 02291177 · Cancelled Post Market
- DIN 02291185 · Cancelled Post Market