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Brand-name prescription medicine

Efudex

Generic name: Fluorouracil

FDA application holder: Extrovis

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.

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Quick answers

What is Efudex?
Efudex is a brand name of Fluorouracil, a prescription medicine. The FDA NDC Directory lists 1 Efudex product in 1 strength and form.
Who makes Efudex?
Extrovis holds the FDA application for Efudex (NDA016831, approved July 29, 1970).
Is there a generic or store brand of Efudex?
Yes. The FDA NDC Directory lists 1 other product with the same active ingredients, strength and form as a Efudex product, 1 of them generic. Ask your pharmacist whether one is right for you.
Has Efudex been recalled?
No recall linked to Efudex products (by their NDC code or label) appears in the FDA enforcement reports we use.

What Efudex is

Each Efudex 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.

Fluorouracil · prescription medicine

Strength and formProduct namesSame medicine, other namesLabel
fluorouracil 2 g/40 g
cream (topical)
Efudex 1 product, 1 company DailyMed

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

FDA approval

  • NDA: New Drug Application: how a new (usually brand-name) medicine is approved.
FDA applications of Efudex products (Drugs@FDA)
ApplicationHolderFirst approvedProducts
NDA016831ExtrovisJuly 29, 19701

Companies that list Efudex

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

Recalls

No recall linked to Efudex 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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