pyruvaldehyde

Drug ingredient

CAS 78-98-8

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

US productionNot reported

Import value, 2024$90M

Top sourceGermany 36%

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 291440 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 291440, which covers 35 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).

DE 36%GermanyBE 32%BelgiumCN 13%ChinaTW 7%TaiwanBR 5%Brazil

Switzerland
Hong Kong
Japan
India
Canada
Israel
United Kingdom
Netherlands
Spain
Ukraine

1 FDA-registered drug labeler

Guna spa

Why It Matters

Sectors

Health

Downstream Uses

Appears in 1 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

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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

Vendor Pricing

$0.05/gAngene Chemical

CountryChina (registered: Hong Kong)

Pack$25.00 / 500 g

Purity40%

Vendors22 available

Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.

21 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$0.10	250 g	98%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$0.12	250 g	—
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)	Germany	$0.12	10 kg	—
Sigma-Aldrich	Germany	$0.12	10 kg	—
Fluorochem EU	Germany	$0.15	100 g	40%
Apollo Scientific US	United Kingdom	$0.18	1 kg	95%
AK Scientific Specialized	United States	$0.20	1 kg	40%
AK Scientific, Inc.	United States	$0.25	1 kg	35%
Ambeed, Inc.	United States	$0.25	100 g	40%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$0.25	1 kg	40%
Fluorochem UK	United Kingdom	$0.40	25 g	40%
ALFA AESAR	Germany	$0.60	500 g	—
Angene International Limited	United States	$3.20	25 g	35%
Key Organics Ltd.	United Kingdom	$4.04	25 g	40%
Interbioscreen	Hong Kong	$34.00	10 g	95%
TargetMol Chemicals	China → United States	$97.00	1 g	—
TargetMol Chemicals EU	Austria	$116.00	500 mg	—
Labotest KG	Germany	$217.80	5000 mg	90%
Otava, Ltd.	Ukraine	$2280.00	50 mg	95%
Otava, Ltd. (2 weeks)	Ukraine	$2724.00	50 mg	95%
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$4266.67	30 mg	40%

Chemical Identity

CAS78-98-8

PubChem CID880

DTXSIDDTXSID0021628

FormulaC3H4O2

Mol. Weight72.06 g/mol

SMILESCC(=O)C=O

Data Sources

PubChem · compound 880Retrieved 2026-04-07
EPA TSCA InventoryRetrieved 2026-04-24
FDA National Drug Code directoryRetrieved 2026-04-07
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

pyruvaldehyde (CAS 78-98-8) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/78-98-8/ PubChem: 880. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/880 EPA TSCA Inventory: CAS 78-98-8. 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 291440 for CAS 78-98-8. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/