Cystadrops is a brand name of Cysteamine hydrochloride, a prescription medicine. The FDA NDC Directory lists 1 Cystadrops product in 1 strength and form.

Who makes Cystadrops?

Recordati Rare holds the FDA application for Cystadrops (NDA211302, approved August 19, 2020).

Is there a generic or store brand of Cystadrops?

Other products of Cysteamine hydrochloride are listed with the FDA, but none in exactly the same strength and form as a Cystadrops product.

Cystadrops (Cysteamine hydrochloride): maker, FDA approval and generic versions

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Quick answers

What is Cystadrops?: Cystadrops is a brand name of Cysteamine hydrochloride, a prescription medicine. The FDA NDC Directory lists 1 Cystadrops product in 1 strength and form.
Who makes Cystadrops?: Recordati Rare holds the FDA application for Cystadrops (NDA211302, approved August 19, 2020).
Is there a generic or store brand of Cystadrops?: Other products of Cysteamine hydrochloride are listed with the FDA, but none in exactly the same strength and form as a Cystadrops product.
Has Cystadrops been recalled?: No recall linked to Cystadrops products (by their NDC code or label) appears in the FDA enforcement reports we use.

What Cystadrops is

Each Cystadrops 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.

Cysteamine hydrochloride · prescription medicine

Strength and form	Product names	Same medicine, other names	Label
cysteamine hydrochloride 3.5 mg/mL solution (ophthalmic)	Cystadrops	None listed	DailyMed

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

FDA approval

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

FDA applications of Cystadrops products (Drugs@FDA)
Application	Holder	First approved	Products
NDA211302	Recordati Rare	August 19, 2020	1

Companies that list Cystadrops

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

Recordati Rare Diseases, Inc.1 product

Recalls

No recall linked to Cystadrops 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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