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Brand-name prescription medicine

Apidra SoloStar

Generic name: Insulin glulisine

FDA application holder: Sanofi Aventis US

Official data, not advice

Everything here comes from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA): the NDC Directory, Drugs@FDA, the official labels and recall reports; pharmacy costs come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Each fact shows its source and date.

This page is not medical advice. Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before you start, stop or switch any medicine, including a switch between a brand and a generic.

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Quick answers

What is Apidra SoloStar?
Apidra SoloStar is a brand name of Insulin glulisine, a prescription medicine. The FDA NDC Directory lists 1 Apidra SoloStar product in 1 strength and form.
Who makes Apidra SoloStar?
Sanofi Aventis US holds the FDA application for Apidra SoloStar (BLA021629, approved April 16, 2004).
Is there a generic or store brand of Apidra SoloStar?
Yes. The FDA NDC Directory lists 1 other product with the same active ingredients, strength and form as a Apidra SoloStar product. Ask your pharmacist whether one is right for you.
What do pharmacies pay for Apidra SoloStar?
CMS lists a National Average Drug Acquisition Cost (NADAC) for 1 Apidra SoloStar strength and form (see the table below). That is what pharmacies pay to buy it, not what you pay: your price depends on your insurance and your pharmacy.
Has Apidra SoloStar been recalled?
No recall linked to Apidra SoloStar products (by their NDC code or label) appears in the FDA enforcement reports we use.

What Apidra SoloStar is

Each Apidra SoloStar 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.

Insulin glulisine · prescription medicine

Strength and formProduct namesSame medicine, other namesLabel
insulin glulisine 100 units/mL
injection, solution (subcutaneous)
Apidra SoloStar 1 product, 1 company DailyMed

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

FDA approval

  • BLA: Biologics License Application: how a biologic medicine (made from living cells) is approved.
FDA applications of Apidra SoloStar products (Drugs@FDA)
ApplicationHolderFirst approvedProducts
BLA021629Sanofi Aventis USApril 16, 20041

What pharmacies pay (NADAC)

The National Average Drug Acquisition Cost (NADAC) is the average price U.S. retail pharmacies paid to buy one unit of a medicine (one tablet, one mL or one gram), from a monthly survey of pharmacy invoices by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). State Medicaid programs use it to pay pharmacies.

This is not the price you pay. What you pay depends on your insurance (copay or coinsurance), your pharmacy and any discounts, and pharmacies also charge for filling a prescription. Ask your pharmacist or your health plan what your price will be.

NADAC per unit for Apidra SoloStar, by strength and form
Strength and formGeneric or brandPharmacies pay
insulin glulisine 100 units/mL
injection, solution
Brand: Apidra SoloStar $10.50 per mL

NADAC list of November 4, 2026; these prices took effect on October 21, 2026. Shown only where a package’s NDC code matches the NADAC list exactly, and only for that exact strength and form: nothing is averaged across strengths. Strengths and forms not listed here have no NADAC price.

Source: NADAC (National Average Drug Acquisition Cost) 2026, data.medicaid.gov (CMS) →

Companies that list Apidra SoloStar

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

Recalls

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

Sources

  1. NDC Directory (openFDA) — U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), FDA data exported October 30, 2026, retrieved October 31, 2026
  2. Drugs@FDA (openFDA) — U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), FDA data exported October 30, 2026, retrieved October 31, 2026
  3. Drug labeling (SPL, openFDA) — U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), FDA data exported October 30, 2026, retrieved October 31, 2026
  4. Drug recall enforcement reports (openFDA) — U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), FDA data exported October 27, 2026, retrieved October 31, 2026
  5. 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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