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Cadmium iodide

Drug ingredient

CAS 7790-80-9

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

US productionNot reported
Import value, 2024$21M
Top sourceGermany 35%

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 282760 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 282760, which covers 29 tracked chemicals in total. They estimate the category's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
DE 35%GermanyIN 24%IndiaCA 17%CanadaBR 11%BrazilJP 4%Japan
3 FDA-registered drug labelers
BioActive Nutritional
Deseret Biologicals, Inc.
Energique, Inc.

Why It Matters

Sectors
Health
Downstream Uses

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

  • •Terrestristat
  • •Radiation Plus
  • •Radiation
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Chemical Identity

CAS7790-80-9
PubChem CID24635
DTXSIDDTXSID20894887
FormulaCdI2
Mol. Weight366.22 g/mol
SMILES[Cd+2].[I-].[I-]

Data Sources

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Brief citations

Cadmium iodide (CAS 7790-80-9) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/7790-80-9/ PubChem: 24635. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/24635 EPA TSCA Inventory: CAS 7790-80-9. Retrieved 2026-04-24. https://www.epa.gov/tsca-inventory FDA National Drug Code directory: bulk match. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 282760 for CAS 7790-80-9. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/