dronabinol

Drug ingredient

CAS 1972-08-3

This chemical is an active pharmaceutical ingredient used in FDA-regulated drugs.

US productionNot reported

Import value, 2024$51K

Top sourceIndia 89%

This chemical is not on EPA’s Toxic Substances Control Act inventory, the list behind EPA’s production survey.

Why supply is unknown

Production is reported production, not a complete census of factories. Import value and source-country shares describe a shared customs category, not a separate chemical measurement.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 293295 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 293295, which is a broad customs category that also covers chemicals outside this dataset. They estimate the category's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries

Country of origin for US imports, from Census customs data (2024).

IN 89%IndiaJM 11%Jamaica

14 FDA-registered drug labelers

American Health Packaging

Ascend Laboratories, LLC

Benuvia Operations, LLC

Camber Pharmaceuticals Inc

Chartwell RX, LLC

Lannett Company, Inc.

Major Pharmaceuticals

Patheon Softgels Inc.

Purisys LLC

Rhodes Pharmaceuticals L.P.

S&B Pharma LLC dba Norac Pharma

ThePharmaNetwork, LLC

Veranova, L.P.

Wellhouse Pharma, LLC

Why It Matters

Sectors

Health

Downstream Uses

Appears in 3 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

•Dronabinol
•Marinol
•Syndros

FDA Shortage Status

Whether any manufacturer currently reports this drug as in shortage on the FDA Drug Shortages database. "Active Shortage" means at least one presentation has status "current."

No FDA shortage records

Chemical Identity

CAS1972-08-3

PubChem CID16078

DTXSIDDTXSID6021327

FormulaC21H30O2

Mol. Weight314.5 g/mol

SMILESCCCCCC1=CC(=C2C3C=C(CCC3C(OC2=C1)(C)C)C)O

Data Sources

PubChem · compound 16078Retrieved 2026-04-07
FDA National Drug Code directoryRetrieved 2026-04-25
FDA National Drug Code directoryRetrieved 2026-04-07
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

dronabinol (CAS 1972-08-3) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/1972-08-3/ PubChem: 16078. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/16078 FDA National Drug Code directory: CAS 1972-08-3. Retrieved 2026-04-25. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ FDA National Drug Code directory: bulk match. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 293295 for CAS 1972-08-3. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/