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Brand-name prescription medicine

Mesnex

Generic name: Mesna

FDA application holder: Baxter Hlthcare

Strengths and generic versions Official label

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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At a glance

2Strengths and forms
7Same medicine, other names
1988FDA approval
0Recalls (FDA reports)

Quick answers

What is Mesnex?
Mesnex is a brand name of Mesna, a prescription medicine. The FDA NDC Directory lists 4 Mesnex products in 2 strengths and forms.
Who makes Mesnex?
Baxter Hlthcare holds the FDA application for Mesnex (NDA019884, approved December 30, 1988). 1 other company (repackagers or distributors) also list Mesnex products.
Is there a generic or store brand of Mesnex?
Yes. The FDA NDC Directory lists 7 other products with the same active ingredients, strength and form as a Mesnex product, 5 of them generic. Ask your pharmacist whether one is right for you.
Has Mesnex been recalled?
No recall linked to Mesnex products (by their NDC code or label) appears in the FDA enforcement reports we use.

What Mesnex is

Each Mesnex 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.

Mesna · prescription medicine

Strength and formProduct namesSame medicine, other namesLabel
mesna 100 mg/mL
injection, solution (intravenous)		 Mesnex 6 products, 5 companies DailyMed
mesna 400 mg
tablet, film coated (oral)		 Mesnex 1 product, 1 company DailyMed

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

FDA approval

  • NDA: New Drug Application: how a new (usually brand-name) medicine is approved.
FDA applications of Mesnex products (Drugs@FDA)
ApplicationHolderFirst approvedProducts
NDA019884Baxter HlthcareDecember 30, 19883
NDA020855Baxter HlthcareMarch 21, 20021

Companies that list Mesnex

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

Recalls

No recall linked to Mesnex 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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