Quick answers
- What is Briviact?
- Briviact is a brand name of Brivaracetam, a prescription medicine. The FDA NDC Directory lists 7 Briviact products in 7 strengths and forms.
- Who makes Briviact?
- Ucb Inc holds the FDA application for Briviact (NDA205836, approved February 18, 2016).
- Is there a generic or store brand of Briviact?
- Yes. The FDA NDC Directory lists 46 other products with the same active ingredients, strength and form as a Briviact product, 46 of them generic. Ask your pharmacist whether one is right for you.
- What do pharmacies pay for Briviact?
- CMS lists a National Average Drug Acquisition Cost (NADAC) for 6 Briviact strengths and forms (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 Briviact been recalled?
- FDA enforcement reports list 1 recall of Briviact products; the newest started March 15, 2021. A recall usually concerns specific lots, not every product.
What Briviact is
Each Briviact 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.
Brivaracetam · prescription medicine
| Strength and form | Product names | Same medicine, other names | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| brivaracetam 10 mg tablet, film coated (oral) | Briviact | 7 products, 7 companies | DailyMed |
| brivaracetam 10 mg/mL solution (oral) | Briviact | 7 products, 7 companies | DailyMed |
| brivaracetam 100 mg tablet, film coated (oral) | Briviact | 8 products, 8 companies | DailyMed |
| brivaracetam 25 mg tablet, film coated (oral) | Briviact | 8 products, 8 companies | DailyMed |
| brivaracetam 50 mg tablet, film coated (oral) | Briviact | 8 products, 8 companies | DailyMed |
| brivaracetam 50 mg/5 mL injection, suspension (intravenous) | Briviact | None listed | DailyMed |
| brivaracetam 75 mg tablet, film coated (oral) | Briviact | 8 products, 8 companies | DailyMed |
Its page lists every product and company, the FDA label’s uses and boxed warning, approvals, shortages and recalls: Brivaracetam →
FDA approval
- NDA: New Drug Application: how a new (usually brand-name) medicine is approved.
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.
| Strength and form | Generic or brand | Pharmacies pay |
|---|---|---|
| brivaracetam 10 mg tablet, film coated | Brand: Briviact | $24.01 per tablet |
| brivaracetam 10 mg/mL solution | Brand: Briviact | $4.81 per mL Generic of the same strength and form: $0.2757 per mL |
| brivaracetam 100 mg tablet, film coated | Brand: Briviact | $24.07 per tablet Generic of the same strength and form: $0.2526 per tablet |
| brivaracetam 25 mg tablet, film coated | Brand: Briviact | $24.05 per tablet Generic of the same strength and form: $0.2089 per tablet |
| brivaracetam 50 mg tablet, film coated | Brand: Briviact | $24.07 per tablet Generic of the same strength and form: $0.1722 per tablet |
| brivaracetam 75 mg tablet, film coated | Brand: Briviact | $24.05 per tablet Generic of the same strength and form: $0.2659 per tablet |
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 Briviact
The company named on the package (holder, repackager or distributor), as listed in the FDA NDC Directory, with its number of Briviact products.
- UCB, Inc.7 products
Recalls
From FDA enforcement reports, matched by the product’s NDC code or label. A recall usually covers specific lots: check the lot number on your package and ask your pharmacist. Do not stop a medicine on your own.
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March 15, 2021 · Class II · Terminated · D-0591-2021
CGMP Deviations: Intermittent exposure to temperature excursion during storage.
Briviact (brivaracetam) tablets 50 mg, 60-count bottle, Rx only Manufactured for UCB, Inc. Smyrna, GA 30080, NDC 50474-570-66 — Cardinal Health Inc.
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.