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Tetracaine Hydrochloride 25 kg/25kg Powder, 1 kg — NDC 52038-004-01 (Billing 52038-0004-01)

by Chieron Active Ingredients Private Limited · 1 kg in 1 DRUM

This is a package of 1 kg of Tetracaine Hydrochloride 25 kg/25kg Powder from Chieron Active Ingredients Private Limited, marketed since Jan 2020 and currently FDA-listed. It is the main listing for this product, which comes in 5 package sizes.

NDC 52038-0004-01
🏷️ FDA NDC (as labeled) 52038-004-01 billing pads the product segment with a zero
This package
Contains1 kg Pack sizes5 compare ↓
Main listing for product 52038-004 · Also comes in: 2 kg 52038-004-02 5 kg 52038-004-03 10 kg 52038-004-04 25 kg 52038-004-05
On market Non-controlled ⇄ Compare with another NDC
🗂️ FDA directory synced Oct 1, 2026 · this listing last changed Jul 24, 2026 · sources: openFDA · FDA label (DailyMed) · FDA Orange & Purple Book · First Databank · CMS NADAC, ASP, Medicare & Medicaid · RxNorm
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NDC database record

One package, one record: these facts belong to NDC 52038-004-01 alone.

Record
FDA NDC Directory package listing · Bulk ingredient
Code segments
52038 labeler · 004 product · 01 package
Package marketed since
Jan 14, 2020
Listing certified through
Dec 31, 2026
Barcode (UPC-A, from the NDC)
3 5203800401 8
FDA record last changed
Jul 24, 2026

Identity & classification

Regulatory identifiers FDA, NLM and CMS codes for this package

FDA NDC (as labeled) 52038-004-01
Product NDC 52038-004
11-digit billing NDC 52038000401
SPL Set ID 37305e74-73c8-0011-e063-6394a90a6f97
DEA schedule Non-controlled
Marketing category BULK INGREDIENT
Marketing status On market
FDA listing status Listed (active directory)
Marketing start 2020-01-14
Dosage form POWDER
Substance TETRACAINE HYDROCHLORIDE
Why two NDCs? The FDA registers this code as 52038-004-01 — a 5-3-2 layout, and that's what's printed on the package and shown on DailyMed. For insurance claims, every NDC is standardized to a uniform 11-digit 5-4-2 format by adding a zero to the product segment → 52038-0004-01. Same drug, same package — only the format differs.
Where does this data come from?
Identifiers from the FDA openFDA NDC Directory and Structured Product Labeling; RxCUI from RxNorm (NLM); GPI from Medi-Span; GCN / HIC / AHFS / legend from First Databank.

Clinical

🧪 What is this product?

This is a bulk powder ingredient listing, not a finished consumer product. Tetracaine hydrochloride is a local anesthetic compound typically used by licensed manufacturers and compounders to create finished medicines for numbing skin, mucous membranes, or eyes before medical procedures or to relieve minor pain and itching. The powder form allows pharmaceutical companies and compounding pharmacies to measure and incorporate the active ingredient into their own formulated products such as creams, solutions, or injectable preparations.

Supplement & herbal interactions

🌿 Drug–supplement interaction checker →
Where does this data come from?
Plain-language summary from MedlinePlus (U.S. National Library of Medicine); supplement & herbal interactions and nutrient depletion data from the Natural Medicines database; our full guide is HelloPharmacist editorial content.

Pricing

A drug doesn't have one price. Each row is a different public payment system, and none is what you'd pay at the counter — that depends on your insurance. The ⓘ on each row explains what it measures.

Price systemPer gPer package
Retail pharmacies payNADAC · weekly Not in the retail survey — common for institutional, discontinued, or low-volume packs.
Medicaid paysCMS SDUD · 12 mo No recent Medicaid claims on file for this NDC — rare and low-volume NDCs are suppressed in the public data.
Medicare drug plans payPart D · quarterly No Part D plan price is available for this NDC in our data.
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No price is published for this exact package yet. CMS surveys NADAC per package size, so a different pack of the same drug often has one.
Try another pack size: 2 kg 5 kg 10 kg 25 kg
Where does this data come from?
NADAC (National Average Drug Acquisition Cost) is the CMS weekly pharmacy-acquisition-cost survey — what pharmacies pay. ASP (Average Sales Price) is the CMS Medicare Part B drug-payment file, published quarterly. Medicaid pays is computed by us from CMS State Drug Utilization Data (total reimbursed ÷ units, trailing 12 months) — gross of rebates and inclusive of dispensing fees, so it reflects what Medicaid paid, not an acquisition cost. Medicare drug plans pay is the median negotiated point-of-sale unit cost across plans listing this NDC in the CMS quarterly Prescription Drug Plan pricing files, before rebates. The VA pays is the federal contract price (FSS, and the statutory Big 4 ceiling where listed) from the VA National Acquisition Center pharmaceutical price file. All are free public government data; each measures a different payer, so the figures are not directly comparable.

Packaging — all sizes for this product

Package NDCDescription Marketing startMarketing endStatus
52038-0004-01 You're viewing this Main listing 1 kg in 1 DRUM — — Active
52038-0004-02 52038-004-02 2 kg in 1 DRUM — — Active
52038-0004-03 52038-004-03 5 kg in 1 DRUM — — Active
52038-0004-04 52038-004-04 10 kg in 1 DRUM — — Active
52038-0004-05 52038-004-05 25 kg in 1 DRUM — — Active

You're viewing the smallest of 5 pack sizes for this product.

Pack size FAQ

What quantity is in this package?
This package contains 1 kg — 1 kg in 1 drum.
How does this package differ from NDC 52038-0004-02?
Both are Tetracaine Hydrochloride 25 kg/25kg Powder — the drug itself is identical. This page's package is the 1 kg one, while NDC 52038-0004-02 is the 2 kg package.
What NDC number is used to bill for this package of Tetracaine Hydrochloride 25 kg/25kg Powder?
Use the 11-digit billing form listed in the identifiers section of this page. Pharmacy and medical claims use the 11-digit form; the FDA label may print a shorter form of the same code.

Therapeutic equivalents

ProductLabelerPackNADAC/unitTEStatusPrice vs. this
Tetracaine Hydrochloride 25 kg/25kg 49452-7680-01 Spectrum 025 kg — — FDA listed —
Tetracaine Hydrochloride 25 kg/25kgthis 52038-0004-01 Chieron 1 kg — — FDA listed —
About this product: other versions of the same ingredient, strength and form are listed above, least expensive first, with FDA equivalence ratings where available.
Where does this data come from?
Equivalents are other NDCs of the same ingredient, form and route from the openFDA NDC Directory, ranked least-expensive-first by NADAC. Therapeutic-equivalence (AB) ratings come from the FDA Orange Book; biologics use the FDA Purple Book for biosimilar & interchangeable status.

Availability & generic status

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2020
On the market since
Jan 2020
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2026
Currently FDA-listed
6 years listed
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No generic listed yet
brand only
ℹ️No FDA-approved generic found

We did not find an FDA-approved generic match for this exact strength, form and route.

Where does this data come from?
Patents and exclusivity from the FDA Orange Book (small-molecule drugs), refreshed from public FDA data. Generic launch timing is an estimate, not a guarantee.

Inactive Ingredients / Excipients

Inactive ingredients, also called excipients, are components of the drug product other than the active ingredient. They may include fillers, dyes, coatings, preservatives, flavors, or other formulation ingredients.

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Where does this data come from?
Source: official FDA Structured Product Labeling (SPL) via DailyMed and the openFDA label index. Structured IACT rows and label-wide narrative are kept separate; availability and product-level specificity depend on the submitted label.

Inactive ingredient FAQ

Are inactive ingredients the same for every manufacturer?
No. Inactive ingredients can differ by manufacturer, dosage form, strength, and package / product version.
Why might an inactive ingredient be missing?
Some SPLs do not provide a complete structured inactive-ingredient list, and older or unusual labels may only include the information in narrative text.
Can inactive ingredients matter?
Yes. They can matter for allergies, intolerances, dyes, gluten / lactose concerns, preservatives, and formulation differences — but confirm with a pharmacist or the manufacturer when it’s clinically important.

Manufacturer & labeler

LabelerChieron Active Ingredients Private Limited
Labeler code52038
First marketedJan 2020
Product typeBulk Ingredient
Portfolio8 products on file

More NDCs from Chieron Active Ingredients Private Limited labeler code 52038

The labeler markets the product; the application holder owns the FDA approval. They’re often the same company but can differ (e.g. a repackager or an authorized generic). A mailing address / phone appears here when the manufacturer includes it in the product’s FDA label (not all do).
Where does this data come from?
Labeler, application holder and registered establishment from the FDA openFDA NDC Directory and Drugs@FDA; address/contact from the product’s FDA label.

Full FDA label FDA SPL

The complete FDA label for this product, verbatim, section by section. Jump with a chip, search within the label, or expand everything.
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Reported adverse events (FAERS)

Read carefully: FAERS reports are voluntary and unverified. Counts are not incidence, do not establish causation, are subject to reporting bias, and cannot be used to compare one drug to another. Shown for signal context only. Reports for Tetracaine hydrochloride — the ingredient across all brands.

Top reported reactions

Toxic Anterior Segment Syndrome27
Nausea15
Syncope15
Aqueous Fibrin14
Inflammation14
Abdominal Discomfort12
Oropharyngeal Pain12

Age at onset

Neonate1
Adult6
Elderly14

Reporter sex

156 reports
Male · 32%
Female · 68%

Serious outcomes

Life-threatening20
Death19
Disabling10
Reports over time (by year) — tap or hover for the count & year
2019 2021 2023 2026 14 0
Most recent year is provisional (FAERS lags ~3 months).
Where does this data come from?
Adverse-event reports from the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) via openFDA. FAERS reports are voluntary and unverified — counts are not incidence and don’t establish causation.

About this NDC listing & data coverage

Bulk ingredient (not a finished retail product)

This is a bulk ingredient listing — not a retail prescription package

Tetracaine Hydrochloride 25 kg/25kg POWDER is listed with FDA as a bulk ingredient (a drug substance supplied for further manufacturing or licensed pharmacy compounding). It is not a finished product a patient would receive at a retail pharmacy, so consumer-style information — a patient label, retail pricing, package photos — generally does not exist for this NDC. The listing identifies the substance and package for supply-chain and regulatory purposes.

What data is (and isn’t) available for this NDC — tap to expand
NDC identity (package / product / labeler codes) ✓ Available
Labeler ✓ Available
Product & package description ✓ Available
Marketing category & status ✓ Available
Active ingredient / dosage form / route ✓ Available
FDA label (SPL via DailyMed) ✓ Available
Package photos — Not published for this NDC No photo available yet for this listing.
Inactive ingredients (structured) — Not published for this NDC The labeler did not submit a structured excipient list, or no SPL is available.
NADAC pharmacy acquisition price (CMS) — Not published for this NDC CMS publishes NADAC only for NDCs reported in its retail-pharmacy survey.
Orange Book / therapeutic-equivalence data — Not published for this NDC Applies only to products approved under an NDA/ANDA; many listings are out of scope.
HCPCS J-code billing crosswalk — Not published for this NDC Most self-administered / retail products have no J-code — that is normal.
Medicaid utilization (CMS SDUD) — Not published for this NDC CMS reports utilization only for NDCs with Medicaid claims above its privacy threshold.
“Not published” reflects what the public FDA / CMS / NLM sources provide for this exact package code — it is a property of the data feeds, not a judgment about the product.

Questions about this listing

Is this NDC FDA-approved?
An NDC listing does not by itself establish FDA approval — the NDC Directory records that a product is listed with FDA, not that it was reviewed and approved. This listing's marketing category is "Bulk Ingredient". Products approved under an application carry an NDA, ANDA, or BLA number.
Why is there no price listed?
The pricing shown on our NDC pages comes from CMS NADAC, a voluntary survey of retail community pharmacy invoices. CMS does not publish a NADAC for every NDC — packages outside the retail survey (institutional and hospital products, bulk packages, discontinued items, and many OTC items) may never receive one. A missing price reflects the survey's scope, not this product's actual cost, and does not mean the product is free or unavailable.
Can I get this product filled at a pharmacy?
Not as listed here. A bulk ingredient NDC identifies drug substance supplied for manufacturing or licensed compounding — it is not a finished, dispensable package. A pharmacy prescription would involve a finished product with its own NDC.
Is the NDC printed on the package the same as the 11-digit billing NDC?
Yes, they identify this exact package in different formats. The form printed on the packaging and shown on DailyMed is the one the FDA registered. Insurance claims use a fixed 11-digit 5-4-2 format, so the short segment is padded with a leading zero and the dashes are dropped. The Identity section at the top of this page lists each form of this code.
Is this package still being marketed?
Yes, per the latest FDA NDC Directory data on this page: this package is listed as actively marketed, with no marketing end date reported by Chieron Active Ingredients Private Limited. Listing status can change — the directory data on this page refreshes weekly.
Does this product come in other package sizes?
Yes — the FDA directory lists 4 other package presentations of this same product, including 2 kg (52038-0004-02), 5 kg (52038-0004-03), 10 kg (52038-0004-04). Each has its own NDC and its own page — see the package list near the top of this page.
Who lists this product with the FDA?
Chieron Active Ingredients Private Limited is the labeler of record for this NDC — the company under whose FDA-assigned code the package is listed. The labeler may be the manufacturer itself or a distributor marketing the product under its own code.
This page identifies an FDA-listed package (the NDC) and reports public regulatory and pricing data about the listing. It is reference information, not a medical recommendation — talk to your pharmacist or prescriber about your own medication.
Where does this data come from?
Listing facts (marketing category, packager status, marketing dates) from the FDA openFDA NDC Directory; label availability from DailyMed; pricing coverage from CMS NADAC; equivalence scope from the FDA Orange Book.
← 52038-0003-01 · Chieron 52038-0005-01 · Chieron →
For educational and professional reference only — not medical advice. Pricing reflects published NADAC and CMS ASP (free public data) and may differ from your acquisition cost; always verify before billing or dispensing.