Anectine is a brand name of Succinylcholine, a prescription medicine. The FDA NDC Directory lists 3 Anectine products in 1 strength and form.

Sandoz holds the FDA application for Anectine (NDA008453, approved August 20, 1952). 1 other company (repackagers or distributors) also list Anectine products.

Is there a generic or store brand of Anectine?

Yes. The FDA NDC Directory lists 26 other products with the same active ingredients, strength and form as a Anectine product, 25 of them generic. Ask your pharmacist whether one is right for you.

Anectine (Succinylcholine): maker, FDA approval and generic versions

Official data, not advice

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Quick answers

What is Anectine?: Anectine is a brand name of Succinylcholine, a prescription medicine. The FDA NDC Directory lists 3 Anectine products in 1 strength and form.
Who makes Anectine?: Sandoz holds the FDA application for Anectine (NDA008453, approved August 20, 1952). 1 other company (repackagers or distributors) also list Anectine products.
Is there a generic or store brand of Anectine?: Yes. The FDA NDC Directory lists 26 other products with the same active ingredients, strength and form as a Anectine product, 25 of them generic. Ask your pharmacist whether one is right for you.
Has Anectine been recalled?: No recall linked to Anectine products (by their NDC code or label) appears in the FDA enforcement reports we use.

What Anectine is

Each Anectine product as listed in the FDA NDC Directory, by active ingredient, strength and form, with its official label. “Same medicine, other names” counts the other products with exactly the same active ingredients, strength and form (generic versions, store brands and other brands); inactive ingredients can differ.

Succinylcholine · prescription medicine

Strength and form	Product names	Same medicine, other names	Label
succinylcholine chloride 20 mg/mL injection, solution (intramuscular, intravenous, parenteral)	Anectine	26 products, 21 companies	DailyMed

Its page lists every product and company, the FDA label’s uses and boxed warning, approvals, shortages and recalls: Succinylcholine →

FDA approval

NDA: New Drug Application: how a new (usually brand-name) medicine is approved.

FDA applications of Anectine products (Drugs@FDA)
Application	Holder	First approved	Products
NDA008453	Sandoz	August 20, 1952	3

Companies that list Anectine

The company named on the package (holder, repackager or distributor), as listed in the FDA NDC Directory, with its number of Anectine products.

Sandoz Inc2 products
Civica, Inc.1 product

Recalls

No recall linked to Anectine products (by their NDC code or label) appears in the FDA enforcement reports.

Sources

NDC Directory (openFDA) — U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), FDA data exported October 30, 2026, retrieved October 31, 2026
Drugs@FDA (openFDA) — U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), FDA data exported October 30, 2026, retrieved October 31, 2026
Drug labeling (SPL, openFDA) — U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), FDA data exported October 30, 2026, retrieved October 31, 2026
Drug recall enforcement reports (openFDA) — U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), FDA data exported October 27, 2026, retrieved October 31, 2026
NADAC (National Average Drug Acquisition Cost) 2026 — Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), data.medicaid.gov, list of November 4, 2026, retrieved November 7, 2026

Which names get a brand page: a name the NDC Directory lists for a medicine, held by one company (the FDA application holder, or the company named on most of its products), that is not just a description, and that is not the only product of its medicine.

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