Lanthanum carbonate

Drug ingredient

This drug ingredient has classified U.S. production volumes. EPA withholds the number as confidential business information.

Molecular structure of 587-26-8
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$148M
Top SourceChina 75%

The EPA did not publish how much of this chemical companies made or imported, or marked that amount confidential. Without that volume, ACID cannot calculate import dependency.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 284690 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 284690, which covers 11 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
CN 75%ChinaIT 6%ItalyJP 5%JapanAT 4%AustriaZA 3%South Africa
EPA-registered manufacturers (2)
Basf Se · DE Germany
Basf
EPA-registered importers (1)
Blue Line
11 FDA-registered drug labelers
Ascend Laboratories, LLC
Cipla USA Inc.
Corden Pharma Bergamo S.p.A.
Excella GmbH & Co. KG
Exelan Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Natco Pharma Limited
Prasco Laboratories
Symed Labs Limited
Takeda Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.

Why It Matters

Sectors
Core ChemicalsHealthEnergy
Downstream Uses

Appears in 2 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

  • •Fosrenol
  • •Lanthanum carbonate
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 3 sectors as 2 functional roles.

  • •Catalyst in Petroleum RefineriesProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Intermediate in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant
  • •Catalyst in Petrochemical Manufacturing (100%)Processing as a reactant

Chemical Identity

CAS587-26-8
PubChem CID168924
DTXSIDDTXSID30890512
FormulaC3La2O9
Mol. Weight457.84 g/mol
SMILESC(=O)([O-])[O-].C(=O)([O-])[O-].C(=O)([O-])[O-].[La+3].[La+3]

Data Sources

DTXSID308905122026-04-06

https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

1689242026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/168924/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/168924.json

587-26-82026-04-24

https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting

Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv

CAS 587-26-82026-04-07

https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/

Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json

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