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Canada· CA-DIN-02406802

SOFTSOAP ANTIBACTERIAL

A benzalkonium product containing benzalkonium chloride, registered in Canada by COLGATE-PALMOLIVE CANADA INC. The same ATC class is registered in 7 of our 19 countries.

ATC D08AJ01

Checked against Health Canada Drug Product Database (Canada) on

Informational only — not a medical device.

SOURCE REGISTER · CAHealth Canada Drug Product Database (Ca…normalisedSOFTSOAP ANTIBACTERIALATCD08AJ01REGISTER NO.CA-DIN-02406802PACKS LISTED0CHECKEDOctober 1, 2026
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Where it is registered

Benzalkonium is registered in 7 of 19 countries.

Countries holding a registration under ATC D08AJ01 (benzalkonium), 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
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Benzalkonium · ATC D08AJ01

7 / 19 countries

  • Belgiumprice
  • Canada
  • Czechiaprice
  • Finlandprice
  • Ireland
  • Netherlands
  • United Statesprice
Blue: a registration under this ATC code. The ringed marker is this record’s country. Markets marked price publish a price we can compare per daily dose.

The record

At a glance

Health Canada Drug Product Database (Canada)
Active substance
BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE
Manufacturer
COLGATE-PALMOLIVE CANADA INC
Country
Canada (CA)
ATC code
D08AJ01
ATC class
Benzalkonium
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.

Interactions

1 interaction on record for benzalkonium.

Graded by severity as the source publishes them — 1 moderate. Severity grades are free for everyone; mechanism and management come with Growth.

  • Severity for every pair — free, no plan needed
  • The source, licence and sync date on every record
  • Mechanism and what to do for each pair — Growth plan
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Benzalkonium · interactions on record

1 record

  • 1 moderate

Most severe, free to view

  • Hyaluronic acidM09AX01moderate
  • Interaction severity from DDInter 2.0 (Xiong G. et al., Nucleic Acids Res.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0 — free for non-commercial use only; not covered by the Drug Database commercial licence.
Mechanism and what to do, in the interaction check
Source: DDInter 2.0 · synced 29 Sept 2026. Grades as the source publishes them.

Same medicine, other countries

Benzalkonium in 6 other countries

What each register calls a product with the same active substance — salts and hydrates count as the same.

All benzalkonium products

Authorised across Europe · EMA

The same active substance is authorised in 15 EEA countries. Names it is sold under:

  • Belgium · Cedium, Cedium Benzalkonium
  • Bulgaria · Фарматекс
  • Czechia · Dettol, Septolete D
  • Spain · Ginejuvent
  • France · Humex Fournier
  • United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) · Dermax, Dettol Med
  • Greece · Dettox Wound
  • Italy · Benalcon, Citrosil
  • Luxembourg · Cedium, Cedium Benzalkonium
  • Netherlands · Dettol Med
  • Poland · Septolete, Septolete D
  • Portugal · Detolpro
  • Romania · Contracept-M
  • Slovenia · Septolete D Z Okusom Mentola, Septolete Z Okusom Mentola
  • Slovakia · Dettol

Source: European Medicines Agency, Article 57 product data.

Sourced from a public register and reproduced with attribution. Drug Database is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or a partner of Health Canada Drug Product Database (Canada). This is an informational data service and not a medical device — verify against the official source of record before any clinical decision.

For developers

The same record over the API, and the raw payload
GET /v1/drugs/af6d4a78-7975-4189-b543-011e08e20943
GET /v1/drugs/af6d4a78-7975-4189-b543-011e08e20943?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": "02406802",
  "form": "SOLUTION",
  "class": "Human",
  "routes": [
    "TOPICAL (HOUSEHOLD)"
  ],
  "source": "health_canada_dpd",
  "status": "MARKETED",
  "atc_raw": "D08AJ01",
  "schedule": [
    "OTC"
  ],
  "drug_code": "89148",
  "strengths": [
    "0.13 %"
  ],
  "ahfs_class": null,
  "substances": [
    "BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE"
  ],
  "product_categorization": "CAT IV - ANTISEPTIC SKIN CLEANSERS"
}
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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.

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