Canada· CA-DIN-02538954
COAL-TAR SHAMPOO
A tars product containing coal tar, registered in Canada by SEAFORD PHARMACEUTICALS INC. The same ATC class is registered in 8 of our 19 countries.
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Informational only — not a medical device.
Where it is registered
Coal tar is registered in 8 of 19 countries.
Countries holding a registration under ATC D05AA (tars), each read from that country’s own register.
- This record: Canada, from Health Canada Drug Product Database (Canada)
- 4 of them publish a price we can compare per daily dose
Coal tar · ATC D05AA
8 / 19 countries
- Canada
- Czechiaprice
- Denmark
- Finlandprice
- Ireland
- Netherlands
- Norwayprice
- Switzerlandprice
The record
At a glance
Health Canada Drug Product Database (Canada)- Active substance
- COAL TAR
- Manufacturer
- SEAFORD PHARMACEUTICALS INC
- Country
- Canada (CA)
- ATC code
- D05AA
- ATC class
- Tars
- Reimbursed
- Not published by this register
- Source register
- Health Canada Drug Product Database (Canada)
- Last checked
- October 1, 2026
Packs & prices · 0
No packs listed by the register for this record.
Regulatory notes
No shortage, Orange Book or US label notes for this record.
Same medicine, other countries
Coal tar in 5 other countries
What each register calls a product with the same active substance — salts and hydrates count as the same.
- United KingdomAlphosyl 2 in 1 shampooOmega Pharma Ltd
- United Statesamazon basics therapeutic tar anti-dandruffAMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC
- SpainEXOREX EMULSIONTosara Pharma Limited
- IrelandExorex Lotion 5% v/w Cutaneous EmulsionTeva B.V.
- NorwayTarmedStada Nordic
Authorised across Europe · EMA
The same active substance is authorised in 6 EEA countries. Names it is sold under:
- Spain · Tarmed
- United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) · Alphosyl ‘2 In 1’, Carbo-Dome*
- Greece · Ionil
- Ireland · Exorex Lotion, Neutrogena T/Gel
- Netherlands · Exorex, Exorex Lotion
- Portugal · Tarmed
Source: European Medicines Agency, Article 57 product data.
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For developers
The same record over the API, and the raw payload
GET /v1/drugs/006768a6-0614-497f-9322-27c4dd675044 GET /v1/drugs/006768a6-0614-497f-9322-27c4dd675044?format=fhir
Every response carries last_synced_at, so freshness is a field rather than a promise. Below is exactly what the ingestion wrote, before any presentation — the same JSON the API returns under payload.
{
"din": "02538954",
"form": "SHAMPOO",
"class": "Human",
"routes": [
"TOPICAL"
],
"source": "health_canada_dpd",
"status": "MARKETED",
"atc_raw": "D05AA",
"schedule": [
"OTC"
],
"drug_code": "102761",
"strengths": [
"0.5 %"
],
"ahfs_class": null,
"substances": [
"COAL TAR"
],
"product_categorization": "CAT IV - ANTIDANDRUFF PRODUCTS"
}See everything about coal tar.
This page is the registration. A free account adds the label text as the regulator wrote it, what it costs per daily dose across the markets that publish a price, a feed of what changes in the registers, and an assistant that answers with its sources. Interaction severity is free; mechanism and management are on the Growth plan. No card, nothing to install.