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Azelaic acid 0.15 MG/MG Topical Gel — RxCUI 1041518

RxNorm drug concept · Semantic clinical drug
RxCUI 1041518 Semantic clinical drug · SCD ● Current RxNorm concept 6 FDA products 6 package NDCs Snapshot Jul 14, 2026

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What you’re looking at: the standardized identity of one medicine, as the U.S. drug-data system sees it. Below — every FDA-listed product, package code, price benchmark, and billing code that maps to it.

🗂️ Key Facts

RxCUI1041518
Official nameAzelaic acid 0.15 MG/MG Topical Gel
Concept typeSemantic clinical drug (SCD)
RxNorm statusCurrent RxNorm concept
Also known asazelaic acid 15 % Topical Gel
FDA products mapped6
Package NDCs mapped6
Reported Medicaid activity (SDUD)94,548 prescriptions · 43 state & territory Medicaid programs · latest period Q4 2025
RxNorm release07/06/2026
Snapshot dataJul 14, 2026

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Our pharmacist-built guide to Azelaic Acid Topical: what it is, how it’s used, side effects, and interactions.

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  • It's used to treat the red bumps and pimples that come with mild to moderate rosacea — a chronic skin condition that mainly affects the face. It's applied directly to the skin, not...
  • Yes, that's actually one of the most commonly reported side effects, especially in the first few weeks of use. It usually settles down as your skin adjusts. That said, if the irrit...
  • My skin is burning and stinging after I apply it — is that normal?
  • Shake the can well before each use. Gently wash your face with a mild cleanser, pat it dry, then apply a thin layer of foam to your whole face — cheeks, chin, forehead, and nose —...
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🕸️ Concept Web — How Azelaic acid 0.15 MG/MG Topical Gel Connects

One RxCUI never lives alone. Follow the path from the raw ingredient down to the exact strength-and-form concepts FDA products carry — every stop is a real RxNorm concept with its own identifier. Hover or focus any chip for what it means.
This page's concept Azelaic acid 0.15 MG/MG Topical Gel RxCUI 1041518

Every web starts here: one RxCUI, one fixed meaning in the RxNorm vocabulary.

  1. Ingredients 2

    The active substance itself — no strength, form, or brand attached yet.

    • Azelate 618278
    • Azelaic acid 18602
  2. Brand names 1

    The same medicine's trade names. A brand name alone says nothing about strength or form.

    • Finacea 352645
  3. Dose forms 9

    The ingredient poured into a form — tablet, solution, cream — still without one fixed strength.

    • Azelate Topical Gel 618283
    • Azelaic acid Topical Gel 2645720
    • Azelate Topical Product 1155005
    • Azelaic acid Topical Product 2662121
    • Azelate Topical Gel [Finacea] 632434
    • Azelaic acid Topical Gel [Finacea] 2659013
    • Finacea Topical Product 1168318
    • Topical Gel 346286
    • +1 more in this family
  4. Clinical & branded drugs 3

    Ingredient + strength + dose form. These are the concepts real FDA products actually carry.

    • Azelaic acid 0.15 MG/MG 1041517
    • Azelaic acid 0.15 MG/MG Topical Gel [Finacea] 1043748
    • Azelaic acid 0.15 MG/MG [Finacea] 1043747

Showing up to 8 concepts per family — 14 of 15 stored related concepts drawn.
These are official RxNorm vocabulary relationships — how concepts name and organize the same medicine. They do not establish therapeutic equivalence or substitutability: two concepts appearing in one web is never a statement that products can be swapped.

🔀 Generic ⇄ Brand Crosswalk

The same medicine has an unbranded (generic) identity and one or more brand-name identities — each with its own RxCUI. This is a naming relationship in RxNorm, not a statement that any two products are substitutable.

Generic (Clinical) Concepts

  • Azelaic acid 0.15 MG/MG SCDC · 1041517
  • Azelate Topical Gel SCDF · 618283
  • Azelaic acid Topical Gel SCDFP · 2645720
  • Azelate Topical Product SCDG · 1155005
  • Azelaic acid Topical Product SCDGP · 2662121

Brand-Name Concepts

  • Azelaic acid 0.15 MG/MG Topical Gel [Finacea] SBD · 1043748
  • Azelaic acid 0.15 MG/MG [Finacea] SBDC · 1043747
  • Azelate Topical Gel [Finacea] SBDF · 632434
  • Azelaic acid Topical Gel [Finacea] SBDFP · 2659013
  • Finacea Topical Product SBDG · 1168318
  • Finacea BN · 352645

📦 FDA Products & Package NDCs

6 products · 6 package NDCs
6 package NDCs map to RxCUI 1041518 in the current snapshot — up to 50 per page. Each linked NDC opens its full package page.
Package NDC Package Brand / generic name Labeler Marketing start
00591-2131-55 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (0591-2131-55) / 50 g in 1 TUBE azelaic acid Actavis Pharma, Inc. 2018-11-19
00781-7172-50 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (0781-7172-50) / 50 g in 1 TUBE Azelaic Acid Gel Sandoz Inc. 2018-10-01
21922-0038-14 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (21922-038-14) / 50 g in 1 TUBE Azelaic Acid Gel Encube Ethicals, Inc. 2023-11-30
51672-1389-03 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (51672-1389-3) / 50 g in 1 TUBE Azelaic Acid Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc. 2019-08-23
68462-0626-52 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (68462-626-52) / 50 g in 1 TUBE azelaic acid Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc., USA 2018-11-19
72162-2297-02 1 TUBE in 1 CARTON (72162-2297-2) / 50 g in 1 TUBE Azelaic Acid Gel Bryant Ranch Prepack 2023-11-30
Observed labelers: Actavis Pharma, Inc. (1) · Bryant Ranch Prepack (1) · Encube Ethicals, Inc. (1) · Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc., USA (1) · Sandoz Inc. (1) · Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc. (1) — this is the FDA-listed mapping footprint, not sales, inventory, availability, or market share.

💲 Pricing (NADAC)

NADAC is CMS's National Average Drug Acquisition Cost — roughly what pharmacies pay to buy the drug. It is an acquisition benchmark, not your copay.
Per gm · median
$0.4519
Range $0.4519–$0.4519 · middle 50% $0.4519–$0.4519 · 5 NDCs
Latest compatible distributions from the CMS NADAC file · dataset watermark 2026-07-10. Prices vary by package and pharmacy; a distribution is shown instead of one misleading number. Rows the dataset is silent on carry no price. No zero-cost conclusion should be drawn.

🗃️ Sources & Limits

Atlas generation902fddb9-e9c1-4004-bf4c-dba4d51037c7
openFDA export observedJul 14, 2026
RxNorm release07/06/2026
Methodology2026-07-full-catalog-v1
  • A shared RxCUI does not prove interchangeability. Products mapped to the same concept are not thereby equivalent or substitutable — equivalence is a separate, product-level determination.
  • Listing here does not establish approval or coverage. Appearing in this snapshot is a data observation, not an FDA approval status or a payer coverage decision.
  • Missing data never means zero. A silent dataset (no price, no billing code, no utilization) means no observation — not that the real-world value is zero.
  • Counts describe the mapping footprint. Product, package, and labeler counts are the FDA-listed mapping footprint in this snapshot — not sales, inventory, availability, or market share.
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