Why isn't Costco carrying Kirkland Minoxidil in Canada?

just use shippsy

Drugs available for sale in Canada without a prescription in an open self-selection area (i.e. retail) must have labels and directions in both English and French.

Kirkland Signature Minoxidil sold in the US has labels and directions (detailed) in english only.
If Costco Canada wants to sell it, they would need to come to an agreement with the supplier (Perrigo) to provide labels and directions in both English and French. And I guess the supplier (Perrigo) and/or Costco Canada has NOT made the business case that doing so is worth the effort/cost, when Costco Canada also sells the branded product Rogaine, and the Canadian market for this product is much smaller than the US (together with other countries where english only label can be sold)

Interestingly, Kirkland Minoxidil is actually "Made in Canada", but sourced through Perrigo in the US (which provides the packaging and directions).

Here is the FDA report, with pictures of label and directions (Made in Canada on the label):
https://fda.report/DailyMed/69b4602f-05 ... %20Company.

I wonder if Costco gets sweetheart deals with the patent holder to keep generic off the shelf. Naproxen soidum (generic Aleve) used to be available as a Kirkland brand but for the last few years only the branded Bayer stuff is available.

Does this stuff even work? I tried it and it just looks like someone jizzed in my hair. Didn't do anything. I just accepted my fate and shaved everything off...
I guess I can always drop 20G on a transplant whenever though, so I probably don't care that much.

Kinda sucks about the labelling thing, that's one example of regulation screwing us. Who speaks French in Toronto?

ADenariusSaved wrote: ↑ Does this stuff even work? I tried it and it just looks like someone jizzed in my hair. Didn't do anything. I just accepted my fate and shaved everything off...
I guess I can always drop 20G on a transplant whenever though, so I probably don't care that much.

Kinda sucks about the labelling thing, that's one example of regulation screwing us.
Who speaks French in Toronto?

Ya need to get out of your bubble more
Lots of people outside of Quebec …
in Ontario speak French
Including in Toronto

Anyhow that isn’t entirely the point
Point is Canada has 2 Official Languages
Hence the labelling laws

PointsHubby wrote: ↑ Ya need to get out of your bubble more
Lots of people outside of Quebec …
in Ontario speak French
Including in Toronto

Anyhow that isn’t entirely the point
Point is Canada has 2 Official Languages
Hence the labelling laws

Je parle couramment le français comme Torontois lol, mais il faut qu'il ait une certaine juridiction régionale (au moins provinciale) sur ces règlements. Regardez ce qui se passe avec le Tylenol pour enfants! Cela n'a pas de sens...

C'est difficile de trouver des francophones à Toronto. J'ai essayé, afin de pouvoir conserver mon français. On ne peut même pas mettre ma nièce en immersion française en raison d'une grave pénurie d'enseignants français =(.

Je plaisante généralement...Le minoxidil n'est pas une nécessité mais ces règlements posent trops de problèmes en ce moment avec le Tylenol pour enfants...

ADenariusSaved wrote: ↑ Does this stuff even work? I tried it and it just looks like someone jizzed in my hair.

For some it does. Several decades ago, news came out that Upjohn, the drug developer, published that unexpected hair growth was a side effect. Took at least a day for the market to react and Upjohn share prices to rise (significantly at that).

Waste of money. Just accept the fact and shave your head or wear a hat.

Kingsmen17 wrote: ↑ Waste of money. Just accept the fact and shave your head or wear a hat.

This is what I did, this is what the older bald bros told me. But they wear fashionable hats.
It's cool, you end up going to the gym more to get jacked to complete the look. Now if I could only grow facial hair...

ADenariusSaved wrote: ↑ This is what I did, this is what the older bald bros told me. But they wear fashionable hats.
It's cool, you end up going to the gym more to get jacked to complete the look. Now if I could only grow facial hair...

Na, don’t listen to bald bros. You can have hair just like your coin. Half of my office is bald men there’s little variety. I dare not ask if they gave up. I apply a little bit of the white foam on my cowlick I was born with. Does it work I don’t know hard to tell but I’m doing something if the catastrophe starts.

Kirkland sells thousands of their products in Canada with bilingual labels - so what is different with Kirkland minoxidil? Additional printing costs for bilingual labels is trivial today. This explanation doesn't make sense.

Guest8723549234 wrote: ↑Does this stuff even work? I tried it and it just looks like someone jizzed in my hair. Didn't do anything. I just accepted my fate and shaved everything off...
I guess I can always drop 20G on a transplant whenever though, so I probably don't care that much.

Kinda sucks about the labelling thing, that's one example of regulation screwing us. Who speaks French in Toronto?

PointsHubby wrote: ↑ Ya need to get out of your bubble more
Lots of people outside of Quebec …
in Ontario speak French
Including in Toronto

Anyhow that isn’t entirely the point
Point is Canada has 2 Official Languages
Hence the labelling laws

jd1138 wrote: ↑Kirkland sells thousands of their products in Canada with bilingual labels - so what is different with Kirkland minoxidil? Additional printing costs for bilingual labels is trivial today. This explanation doesn't make sense.

If they really wanted to do it, even if it cost them a one time fee of $10k to translate that documentation (not sure how much it really is), it can't be a reason of itself to stop them from entering a market. There must be other regulations they need to follow which aren't applicable in the states and elsewhere where they are offering it.