ATACAND

This brand name is authorized in Austria, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Cyprus, Germany, Ecuador, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Ireland, Israel, Lithuania, Malta, Mexico, Nigeria, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, Singapore, Tunisia, Turkey, United States, South Africa

Active ingredients

The drug ATACAND contains one active pharmaceutical ingredient (API):

1 Candesartan UNII R85M2X0D68 - CANDESARTAN CILEXETIL

Candesartan is an AIIRA, selective for AT1 receptors, with tight binding to and slow dissociation from the receptor. It has no agonist activity. The antagonism of the angiotensin II (AT1) receptors results in dose related increases in plasma renin levels, angiotensin I and angiotensin II levels, and a decrease in plasma aldosterone concentration. Read about Candesartan

Medication package inserts

Below package inserts are available for further reading:

Title	Information Source	Document Type
ATACAND Tablet	Health Products Regulatory Authority (IE)	MPI, EU: SmPC

Medicine classification

This drug has been classified in the anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) classification system as follows:

ATC code	Group title	Classification
C09CA06	Candesartan	C Cardiovascular system → C09 Agents acting on the renin-angiotensin system → C09C Angiotensin II antagonists, plain → C09CA Angiotensin II antagonists, plain
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Authorization and marketing

This drug has been assigned below unique identifiers within the countries it is being marketed:

Country	Identification scheme	Identifier(s)
Country: AU	Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme	Identifier(s): 8295N, 8296P, 8297Q, 8889W
Country: BR	Câmara de Regulação do Mercado de Medicamentos	Identifier(s): 502300301111217, 502300302116212, 502300304119219, 502320090034007
Country: CA	Health Products and Food Branch	Identifier(s): 02239090, 02239091, 02239092, 02311658
Country: DE	Bundesinstitut für Arzneimittel und Medizinprodukte	Identifier(s): 00105549, 00834194, 01156649, 01408223, 01408246, 01408252, 01413595, 01413603, 01413632, 01413661, 01467734, 01617694, 02399549, 02507370, 02841577, 03042513, 03525683, 03705563, 03705592, 04037951, 04037968, 04037980, 04162745, 04162751, 04397595, 06937009, 08736686, 08736700, 08736717, 08736723, 08736746, 08736752, 08736769, 08736775, 09273076, 09701997, 10002750, 10983050, 10983067, 10983073, 11730457, 13421849, 13987278, 14022620, 15292965, 15735049, 15993900, 17175057, 17383525
Country: EC	Agencia Nacional de Regulación, Control y Vigilancia Sanitaria	Identifier(s): H6480913, H6500913, H6590913
Country: EE	Ravimiamet	Identifier(s): 1035908, 1035919, 1060647, 1130869, 1130870, 1130881, 1130892, 1183867, 1183878, 1183889, 1183890, 1183902, 1591455, 1591466, 1591477, 1591488, 1591499, 1591501, 1591512, 1591523, 1591534, 1591545, 1591556, 1591567, 1591578, 1679306, 1679317
Country: ES	Centro de información online de medicamentos de la AEMPS	Identifier(s): 61892, 61893, 61894, 66300
Country: FI	Lääkealan turvallisuus- ja kehittämiskeskus	Identifier(s): 019175, 035568, 036228, 037895
Country: FR	Base de données publique des médicaments	Identifier(s): 62910207, 65969730, 66950291, 69015780
Country: IE	Health Products Regulatory Authority	Identifier(s): 13088, 13090, 13092, 13123, 13219, 13439, 13442, 13443, 13705, 13707, 13737, 15427, 15428
Country: IL	מִשְׂרַד הַבְּרִיאוּת	Identifier(s): 6430, 6431
Country: LT	Valstybinė vaistų kontrolės tarnyba	Identifier(s): 1004290, 1004291, 1004737, 1009802, 1025104, 1062023, 1062024, 1062025, 1062026, 1062027, 1062028, 1062029, 1062030, 1062031, 1062032, 1062033, 1062034, 1062035, 1062036, 1062037, 1062038, 1062039, 1062040, 1062041, 1062042, 1067198, 1067199, 1067200, 1067201, 1067202, 1067203, 1067204, 1067205, 1067206, 1067207, 1067208, 1067209, 1067210, 1067211, 1067212, 1067213, 1067214, 1067215, 1067216, 1067217, 1067218, 1067219, 1067220, 1067221, 1067222, 1067223, 1067224, 1067225, 1067226, 1067227, 1067228, 1067229, 1067230, 1067231, 1067232, 1067233, 1067234, 1067235, 1067236, 1067237, 1067238, 1067239, 1067240, 1067241, 1067242, 1067243, 1067244, 1076067, 1076068, 1076069, 1076070
Country: MT	Medicines Authority	Identifier(s): AA908/09603, AA908/09604
Country: MX	Comisión Federal para la Protección contra Riesgos Sanitarios	Identifier(s): 313M98
Country: NG	Registered Drug Product Database	Identifier(s): A4-1469, A4-1471, A4-9693
Country: NL	Z-Index G-Standaard, PRK	Identifier(s): 48399, 48402, 48410, 76376
Country: NZ	Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority	Identifier(s): 11967, 7898, 7899, 7900
Country: PL	Rejestru Produktów Leczniczych	Identifier(s): 100088061, 100088078
Country: RO	Agenția Națională a Medicamentului și a Dispozitivelor Medicale	Identifier(s): W67396001, W67396002, W67396003, W67396004, W67396005, W67396006, W67396007, W67396008, W67396009, W67396010, W67396011, W67396012, W67396013, W67396014, W67396015, W67396016, W67396017, W67396018, W67397001, W67397002, W67397003, W67397004, W67397005, W67397006, W67397007, W67397008, W67397009, W67397010, W67397011, W67397012, W67397013, W67397014, W67397015, W67397016, W67397017, W67397018, W67398001, W67398002, W67398003, W67398004, W67398005, W67398006, W67398007, W67398008, W67398009, W67398010, W67398011, W67398012, W67398013, W67398014, W67398016, W67398017, W67398018, W67398019
Country: SG	Health Sciences Authority	Identifier(s): 10878P, 10879P, 10880P
Country: TN	Direction de la Pharmacie et du Médicament	Identifier(s): 5103074, 5103075, 5103076, 5103077
Country: TR	İlaç ve Tıbbi Cihaz Kurumu	Identifier(s): 8699786010024, 8699786010031, 8699786010062, 8699786010192, 8699786010208, 8699786010215
Country: US	FDA, National Drug Code	Identifier(s): 0186-0004, 0186-0008, 0186-0016, 0186-0032, 62559-640, 62559-641, 62559-642, 62559-643
Country: ZA	Health Products Regulatory Authority	Identifier(s): 32/7.1.3/0099, 32/7.1.3/0100, A39/7.1.3/0244