Canada· CA-DIN-02491702
ERFA HYDROQUINONE
A hydroquinone product containing hydroquinone, registered in Canada by SEARCHLIGHT PHARMA INC. The same ATC class is registered in 5 of our 19 countries.
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Informational only — not a medical device.
Where it is registered
Hydroquinone is registered in 5 of 19 countries.
Countries holding a registration under ATC D11AX11 (hydroquinone), each read from that country’s own register.
- This record: Canada, from Health Canada Drug Product Database (Canada)
- 2 of them publish a price we can compare per daily dose
Hydroquinone · ATC D11AX11
5 / 19 countries
- Canada
- Germany
- Switzerlandprice
- United Kingdom
- United Statesprice
The record
At a glance
Health Canada Drug Product Database (Canada)- Active substance
- HYDROQUINONE
- Manufacturer
- SEARCHLIGHT PHARMA INC
- Country
- Canada (CA)
- ATC code
- D11AX11
- ATC class
- Hydroquinone
- 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
Hydroquinone in 4 other countries
What each register calls a product with the same active substance — salts and hydrates count as the same.
- United StatesHydro-QDermavance Pharmaceuticals
- United KingdomEldoquin 2% creamValeant Pharmaceuticals Ltd
- SpainHQUIN 40 MG/G CREMAGalenicum Derma S.L.U.
- GermanyHydrochinon Smartpractice EuropeSmartpractice Europe Gmbh
Authorised across Europe · EMA
The same active substance is authorised in 4 EEA countries. Names it is sold under:
- Germany · Hydrochinon Smartpractice Europe
- Spain · Hquin, Licoforte
- United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) · Symba
- Portugal · Hidrospot, Quinostasa
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/3b0fbe69-7f31-489d-bd7a-f452320a88e9 GET /v1/drugs/3b0fbe69-7f31-489d-bd7a-f452320a88e9?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": "02491702",
"form": "GEL",
"class": "Human",
"routes": [
"TOPICAL"
],
"source": "health_canada_dpd",
"status": "MARKETED",
"atc_raw": "D11AX11",
"schedule": [
"Prescription"
],
"drug_code": "98171",
"strengths": [
"4 %"
],
"ahfs_class": null,
"substances": [
"HYDROQUINONE"
],
"product_categorization": null
}See everything about hydroquinone.
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.