Active ingredient
Bacillus Calmette-guerin
2 medications authorised for sale in Canada contain Bacillus Calmette-guerin.
How it is classified
- Antineoplastic and immunomodulating agents
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 Bacillus Calmette-guerin
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
- BACILLUS CALMETTE-GUERIN (BCG) STRAIN TICE
- BACILLUS CALMETTE-GUÉRIN (BCG) - STRAIN RUSSIAN BCG-I
These are the spellings used across the products above, including the specific salt in each. They are grouped here as one ingredient.
Source: Health Canada — Drug Product Database. Data current as of 2026-08-12. Marketed human products only.