Quick answers
- What is Emflaza?
- Emflaza is a brand name of Deflazacort, a prescription medicine. The FDA NDC Directory lists 5 Emflaza products in 5 strengths and forms.
- Who makes Emflaza?
- PTC Therap holds the FDA application for Emflaza (NDA208684, approved February 9, 2017).
- Is there a generic or store brand of Emflaza?
- Yes. The FDA NDC Directory lists 53 other products with the same active ingredients, strength and form as a Emflaza product, 53 of them generic. Ask your pharmacist whether one is right for you.
- Has Emflaza been recalled?
- No recall linked to Emflaza products (by their NDC code or label) appears in the FDA enforcement reports we use.
What Emflaza is
Each Emflaza 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.
Deflazacort · prescription medicine
| Strength and form | Product names | Same medicine, other names | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| deflazacort 18 mg tablet (oral) | Emflaza | 11 products, 8 companies | — |
| deflazacort 22.75 mg/mL suspension (oral) | Emflaza | 9 products, 7 companies | — |
| deflazacort 30 mg tablet (oral) | Emflaza | 11 products, 8 companies | — |
| deflazacort 36 mg tablet (oral) | Emflaza | 11 products, 8 companies | — |
| deflazacort 6 mg tablet (oral) | Emflaza | 11 products, 8 companies | — |
Its page lists every product and company, the FDA label’s uses and boxed warning, approvals, shortages and recalls: Deflazacort →
FDA approval
- NDA: New Drug Application: how a new (usually brand-name) medicine is approved.
Companies that list Emflaza
The company named on the package (holder, repackager or distributor), as listed in the FDA NDC Directory, with its number of Emflaza products.
- PTC Therapeutics, Inc.5 products
Recalls
No recall linked to Emflaza 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.