Active ingredient
Influenza Virus Type A
1 medication authorised for sale in Canada is filed under Influenza Virus Type A.
How it is classified
- Anti-infectives for systemic use
The anatomical main group records the body system a medicine acts on. It is not a statement of what this ingredient treats, and nothing on this page is.
Products containing Influenza Virus Type A
Strengths and forms differ between these products — check them against your own. Containing the same active ingredient does not mean two products can be substituted for each other: whether a substitution is permitted is a provincial decision, and this page does not show it. Ask a pharmacist.
How Health Canada files this ingredient
- INFLUENZA VIRUS TYPE A (H1N1)
- INFLUENZA VIRUS TYPE A (H3N2)
These are the spellings used across the products above, including the specific salt in each. They are grouped here as one ingredient.
This is the only medication in Canada containing Influenza Virus Type A.
Only one authorised product in Canada contains this ingredient, so this page and that product’s page describe the same thing. That usually means no generic version has been authorised — not that alternatives were hidden.
Source: Health Canada — Drug Product Database. Data current as of 2026-08-13. Marketed human products only.