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Aprepitant 80 MG Oral Capsule [Emend] — RxCUI 404465

Name: Aprepitant 80 MG Oral Capsule [Emend] (RxCUI 404465)
Creator: Brian Staiger, PharmD

RxNorm drug concept · Semantic branded drug

RxCUI 404465 Semantic branded drug · SBD ● Current RxNorm concept 5 FDA products 5 package NDCs Snapshot Jul 14, 2026

This page is curated, coded, and maintained by Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD

Compiled from public NLM RxNorm and FDA (openFDA NDC directory) data sources. Editorial policy

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

RxCUI404465

Official nameAprepitant 80 MG Oral Capsule [Emend]

Concept typeSemantic branded drug (SBD)

RxNorm statusCurrent RxNorm concept

Also known asEmend 80 MG Oral Capsule

FDA products mapped5

Package NDCs mapped5

Reported Medicaid activity (SDUD)482 prescriptions · 9 state & territory Medicaid programs · latest period Q4 2025

RxNorm release07/06/2026

Snapshot dataJul 14, 2026

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🕸️ Concept Web — How Aprepitant 80 MG Oral Capsule [Emend] 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 Aprepitant 80 MG Oral Capsule [Emend] RxCUI 404465 Semantic branded drug · SBD

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

Ingredients 1

The active substance itself — no strength, form, or brand attached yet.
- Aprepitant 358255 IN
Brand names 1

The same medicine's trade names. A brand name alone says nothing about strength or form.
- Emend 357280 BN
Dose forms 9

The ingredient poured into a form — tablet, solution, cream — still without one fixed strength.
- Aprepitant Oral Capsule 405798 SCDF
- Aprepitant Oral Product 1157722 SCDG
- Aprepitant Pill 1157723 SCDG
- Aprepitant Oral Capsule [Emend] 406015 SBDF
- Emend Oral Product 1175305 SBDG
- Emend Pill 1175306 SBDG
- Oral Capsule 316965 DF
- Oral Product 1151131 DFG
- +1 more in this family
Clinical & branded drugs 3

Ingredient + strength + dose form. These are the concepts real FDA products actually carry.
- Aprepitant 80 MG Oral Capsule 403810 SCD
- Aprepitant 80 MG 405799 SCDC
- Aprepitant 80 MG [Emend] 576419 SBDC
Packs 2

Fixed collections of drugs packaged and sold together, like dose packs.
- {1 (aprepitant 125 MG Oral Capsule [Emend]) / 2 (aprepitant 80 MG Oral Capsule [Emend]) } Pack [Emend Tri-Fold Pack] 754509 BPCK
- {1 (aprepitant 125 MG Oral Capsule) / 2 (aprepitant 80 MG Oral Capsule) } Pack 754508 GPCK

Showing up to 8 concepts per family — 15 of 16 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

Aprepitant 80 MG Oral Capsule SCD · 403810
{1 (aprepitant 125 MG Oral Capsule) / 2 (aprepitant 80 MG Oral Capsule) } Pack GPCK · 754508
Aprepitant 80 MG SCDC · 405799
Aprepitant Oral Capsule SCDF · 405798
Aprepitant Oral Product SCDG · 1157722
Aprepitant Pill SCDG · 1157723

Brand-Name Concepts

{1 (aprepitant 125 MG Oral Capsule [Emend]) / 2 (aprepitant 80 MG Oral Capsule [Emend]) } Pack [Emend Tri-Fold Pack] BPCK · 754509
Aprepitant 80 MG [Emend] SBDC · 576419
Aprepitant Oral Capsule [Emend] SBDF · 406015
Emend Oral Product SBDG · 1175305
Emend Pill SBDG · 1175306
Emend BN · 357280

📦 FDA Products & Package NDCs

5 products · 5 package NDCs

5 package NDCs map to RxCUI 404465 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
00006-0461-02	2 CAPSULE in 1 DOSE PACK (0006-0461-02)	EMEND	Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC	2003-03-26
00006-0461-12	2 CAPSULE in 1 DOSE PACK (0006-0461-12)	EMEND	Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC	2003-03-26
00006-3066-03	1 POUCH in 1 CARTON (0006-3066-03) / 1 POWDER, FOR SUSPENSI...	EMEND	Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC	2015-12-17
00006-3862-03	1 KIT in 1 DOSE PACK (0006-3862-03) * 1 CAPSULE in 1 CAPSU...	EMEND	Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC	2003-03-26
00006-3862-13	1 KIT in 1 DOSE PACK (0006-3862-13) * 1 CAPSULE in 1 CAPSU...	EMEND	Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC	2003-03-26

Observed labelers: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC (5) — this is the FDA-listed mapping footprint, not sales, inventory, availability, or market share.

🧾 Billing Codes (HCPCS)

Medical billing codes (HCPCS "J-codes") that connect to this concept's packages — used mostly when a clinic or hospital bills for a drug it administers. Each code links to its full billing page.

Code	Descriptor	Mapped packages	Sources
J8501	Oral aprepitant	3	CMS

⚠ A crosswalk is not coverage: an NDC↔HCPCS mapping does not guarantee any payer covers or pays the code. Always verify the current payer policy before billing.

🗃️ 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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