Mebrofenin

Drug ingredient

CAS 78266-06-5

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

US productionNot reported

Import value, 2024$872M

Top sourceSwitzerland 44%

This chemical is not on EPA’s Toxic Substances Control Act inventory, the list behind EPA’s production survey.

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 292429 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 292429, which covers 203 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).

CH 44%SwitzerlandCN 19%ChinaIN 12%IndiaJP 9%JapanIE 6%Ireland

Taiwan
United Kingdom
El Salvador
Colombia
Ukraine
Brazil
Guatemala
Belgium
Netherlands
Turkey
Sweden
Greece
Canada
Israel
New Zealand
Latvia
Lithuania
Finland
Slovakia
Australia
Hong Kong
Czech Republic
Armenia
Poland

4 FDA-registered drug labelers

Bracco Diagnostics Inc

Sigma-Aldrich Production GmbH

Sterling Pharma Solutions Limited

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc.

Why It Matters

Sectors

Health

Downstream Uses

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

•Choletec
•Kit for the Preparation of Technetium Tc 99m Mebrofenin

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

$81.84/gALFA AESAR

CountryGermany

Pack$409.20 / 5 g

Purity98%

Vendors16 available

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

15 more vendors

Vendor	Country	$/g	Pack	Purity
Aaron Chemicals LLC	Hong Kong	$130.40	5 g	98%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.	United States	$141.00	5 g	95%
Angene Chemical	China → Hong Kong	$149.60	5 g	98%
BLD Pharmatech Co., Limited	United States	$164.00	5 g	97%
BLD Pharmatech Ltd.	China	$164.00	5 g	97%
Ambeed, Inc.	United States	$164.00	5 g	97%
A2B Chem LLC	United States	$167.00	1 g	98%
AA BLOCKS	United States	$185.00	1 g	98%
TargetMol Chemicals	China → United States	$1140.00	200 mg	99.88%
TargetMol Chemicals EU	Austria	$1530.00	100 mg	99.88%
MedChemExpress MCE	Sweden	$2347.40	100 mg	99.91%
AstaTech (2 weeks)	United States	$2750.00	100 mg	95%
Angene International Limited	United States	$3740.00	100 mg	98%
Angene	China → Hong Kong	$4266.67	30 mg	98%
MedKoo Biosciences, Inc	United States	$7500.00	100 mg	98%

Chemical Identity

CAS78266-06-5

PubChem CID54158

DTXSIDDTXSID1046891

FormulaC15H19BrN2O5

Mol. Weight387.23 g/mol

SMILESCC1=CC(=C(C(=C1NC(=O)CN(CC(=O)O)CC(=O)O)C)Br)C

Data Sources

PubChem · compound 54158Retrieved 2026-04-07
FDA National Drug Code directoryRetrieved 2026-04-25
FDA National Drug Code directoryRetrieved 2026-04-07
US Census international tradeReporting year: 2024 · Retrieved 2026-10-04

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Brief citations

Mebrofenin (CAS 78266-06-5) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/78266-06-5/ PubChem: 54158. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/54158 FDA National Drug Code directory: CAS 78266-06-5. Retrieved 2026-04-25. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ FDA National Drug Code directory: bulk match. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/ US Census international trade: HS 292429 for CAS 78266-06-5. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/