alprostadil
Drug ingredientThis chemical is an active pharmaceutical ingredient used in FDA-regulated drugs.
Where It Comes From
17 FDA-registered drug labelers
Bills Biotech pvt ltd.
Chirogate International Inc
DARMERICA, LLC
Endo USA, Inc.
EUROAPI Hungary Ltd.
Everlight Chemical Industrial Corporation Kuanyin II Plant
LETCO MEDICAL, LLC
Medisca Inc.
Meitheal Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Pharmacia & Upjohn Company LLC
Pharmacia and Upjohn Company LLC
Professional Compounding Centers of America dba PCCA
Qingdao Biopeptek Co., Ltd.
SCH Global Services Private Limited
Spectrum Laboratory Products, Inc.
YS Life Science Co., Ltd.
Why It Matters
Sectors
Health
Downstream Uses
Appears in 5 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).
- •Caverject
- •Prostin VR Pediatric
- •Alprostadil
- •Caverject Impulse
- •Edex
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
CAS745-65-3
PubChem CID5280723
DTXSIDDTXSID9022578
FormulaC20H34O5
Mol. Weight354.5 g/mol
SMILESCCCCCC(C=CC1C(CC(=O)C1CCCCCCC(=O)O)O)O
Data Sources
52807232026-04-07
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/name/alprostadil/cids/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_name/alprostadil.json
CAS 745-65-32026-04-25
https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/
Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json
bulk match2026-04-07
https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/
Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json