Holmium

Drug ingredient

CAS 7440-60-0

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

[₁₆₅Ho]164.9 g/mol

no molecular structure to draw

US productionNot reported

Import value, 2024$5M

Top sourceChina 78%

This chemical is listed as active in US commerce, but no company reported it to EPA’s survey for 2019 or 2023. Sites may have made or imported less than the threshold amount, or none.

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 280530 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 280530, which covers 16 tracked chemicals in total. They estimate the category's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries

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

CN 78%ChinaCA 9%CanadaGB 8%United KingdomJP 2%JapanNL 1%Netherlands

Hong Kong
Turkey
Czech Republic
Germany
Australia

7 FDA-registered drug labelers

BioActive Nutritional, Inc.

Deseret Biologicals, Inc.

Dr. Donna Restivo DC

Energique, Inc.

Guangzhou Renuma Medical Systems Co., Ltd

Hahnemann Laboratories, INC.

wHITE mANUFACTURING INC DBA MICRO-WEST

Why It Matters

Sectors

Health

Downstream Uses

Appears in 14 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

•Energy Catalyst
•Neurotox
•Metalogin
•Terrestristat
•Metalstat
•Holmium Metallicum
•Trace Mineral Cord
•Renotox

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•Metox
•Pituistat
•Free Radical
•Met-Tox
•MetDetox
•Heavy Metal Detox T014

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

CAS7440-60-0

PubChem CIDNot recorded

DTXSIDDTXSID3064699

Formula[165Ho]

Mol. Weight164.93033 g/mol

SMILES[165Ho]

Data Sources

EPA TSCA InventoryRetrieved 2026-10-04
FDA National Drug Code directoryRetrieved 2026-10-04
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

Holmium (CAS 7440-60-0) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/7440-60-0/ EPA TSCA Inventory: CAS 7440-60-0. Retrieved 2026-10-04. https://www.epa.gov/tsca-inventory FDA National Drug Code directory: CAS 7440-60-0. Retrieved 2026-10-04. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 280530 for CAS 7440-60-0. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/