Canada· CA-DIN-02464705
PROCYSBI
A mercaptamine product containing cysteamine (cysteamine bitartrate), registered in Canada by AMGEN CANADA INC. The same ATC class is registered in 14 of our 19 countries.
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Informational only — not a medical device.
Where it is registered
Mercaptamine is registered in 14 of 19 countries.
Countries holding a registration under ATC A16AA04 (mercaptamine), each read from that country’s own register.
- This record: Canada, from Health Canada Drug Product Database (Canada)
- 8 of them publish a price we can compare per daily dose
Mercaptamine · ATC A16AA04
14 / 19 countries
- Belgiumprice
- Canada
- Czechiaprice
- Denmark
- Finlandprice
- Icelandprice
- Ireland
- Italyprice
- Japan
- Netherlands
- Norwayprice
- Polandprice
- Switzerlandprice
- United Kingdom
Price per daily dose
What a daily dose of mercaptamine costs, country by country.
Normalised to the WHO defined daily dose (2 g), so markets compare like for like.
- 1 market with a comparable price for this class
- Public list prices, converted to USD at the rate date shown
Mercaptamine · price per daily dose (2 g)
USD · FX 28 Sept 2026
- CH Switzerland$589.95
The record
At a glance
Health Canada Drug Product Database (Canada)- Active substance
- CYSTEAMINE (CYSTEAMINE BITARTRATE)
- Manufacturer
- AMGEN CANADA INC
- Country
- Canada (CA)
- ATC code
- A16AA04
- ATC class
- Mercaptamine
- Defined daily dose
- 2 g, O
- 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
Mercaptamine in 15 other countries
What each register calls a product with the same active substance — salts and hydrates count as the same.
- BelgiumProcysbi 25 mgChiesi Farmaceutici
- SpainPROCYSBI 25 MG CAPSULAS DURAS GASTRORRESISTENTESChiesi Farmaceutici S.P.A.
- FinlandPROCYSBIChiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A.
- FrancePROCYSBI 25 mg, gélule gastro-résistanteCHIESI FARMACEUTICI
- United KingdomProcysbi 25mg gastro-resistant capsulesChiesi Ltd
- IrelandPROCYSBI 25 mg gastro-resistant hard capsulesChiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A.
- IcelandProcysbiChiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A.*
- NorwayProcysbiChiesi Farmaceutici S.p.a.
Authorised across Europe · EMA
The same active substance is authorised in 3 EEA countries. Names it is sold under:
- Iceland · Cystadrops, Cystagon
- Liechtenstein · Cystadrops, Cystagon
- Norway · Cystadrops, Cystagon
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/2cf6e639-0a79-4818-b4c4-5fe669dba1cf GET /v1/drugs/2cf6e639-0a79-4818-b4c4-5fe669dba1cf?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": "02464705",
"form": "CAPSULE (DELAYED RELEASE)",
"class": "Human",
"routes": [
"ORAL"
],
"source": "health_canada_dpd",
"status": "MARKETED",
"atc_raw": "A16AA04",
"schedule": [
"Prescription"
],
"drug_code": "95283",
"strengths": [
"25 MG"
],
"ahfs_class": null,
"substances": [
"CYSTEAMINE (CYSTEAMINE BITARTRATE)"
],
"product_categorization": null
}See everything about mercaptamine.
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.