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Tetracaine

Drug ingredient

CAS 94-24-6

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

Molecular structure of 94-24-6
US productionNot reported
Import value, 2024$503M
Top sourceChina 25%

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 292249 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 292249, which covers 170 tracked chemicals in total. They estimate the category's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
CN 25%ChinaIN 17%IndiaSG 13%SingaporeIT 9%ItalyCH 7%Switzerland
19 FDA-registered drug labelers
CENTURA PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Chieron Active Ingredients Private Limited
Guangdong Aimu Biological Technology Co., Ltd
IPG PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
LETCO MEDICAL, LLC
M2B Pharma LLC
Medisca Inc.
NURAY CHEMICALS PRIVATE LIMITED
Pagari Life Science Corp.
Professional Compounding Centers of America
Professional Compounding Centers of America dba PCCA
Sambria Pharmaceuticals, LLC
Shandong Chenghui Shuangda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Siegfried Evionnaz SA
SofTap Inc
Spectrum Laboratory Products, Inc.
Unit Dose, Ltd.
USA MINGER Inc.
Willow Birch Pharma, Inc.

Why It Matters

Sectors
Health
Downstream Uses

Appears in 10 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

  • •Blockaid
  • •Helocaine Cold Sore Fever Blister Treatment
  • •Painless Tattoo 3
  • •NPAG Tattoo Numbing Cream
  • •Pliaglis
  • •TKTX NUMB
  • •Hilook Numbing Cream
  • •BLT 3
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  • •Numfast Tetracaine Green
  • •BLT Skin Cream
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Vendor Pricing

$0.89/gAaron Chemicals LLC
CountryHong Kong
Pack$447.00 / 500 g
Purity98%
Vendors18 available

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

17 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
Angene ChemicalChina → Hong Kong$0.96500 g98%
A2B Chem LLCUnited States$2.44100 g95%
AA BLOCKSUnited States$3.18100 g98%
AK Scientific SpecializedUnited States$3.59100 g95%
AK Scientific, Inc.United States$4.81100 g98%
Biopharma PEG Scientific Inc.United States$5.4025 g98%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)Germany$6.44100 g98%
Sigma-AldrichGermany$6.44100 g98%
AstaTech (2 weeks)United States$7.86100 g97%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.United States$8.4025 g98%
MedKoo Biosciences, IncUnited States$15.2025 g98%
MedChemExpress MCESweden$27.105 g99.87%
Labotest KGGermany$217.805000 mg90%
Angene International LimitedUnited States$3580.00100 mg99%
AngeneChina → Hong Kong$4266.6730 mg98%
Princeton BioMolecular Research (SC)United States$8000.0015 mg90%
TimTec, LLCUnited States$13333.3330 mg90%

Chemical Identity

CAS94-24-6
PubChem CID5411
DTXSIDDTXSID1043883
FormulaC15H24N2O2
Mol. Weight264.36 g/mol
SMILESCCCCNC1=CC=C(C=C1)C(=O)OCCN(C)C

Data Sources

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Brief citations

Tetracaine (CAS 94-24-6) https://chemicalindependence.com/chemical/94-24-6/ PubChem: 5411. Retrieved 2026-04-07. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/5411 FDA National Drug Code directory: CAS 94-24-6. 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 292249 for CAS 94-24-6. Reporting year: 2024. https://usatrade.census.gov/