Nix is a brand name of Permethrin, an over-the-counter medicine. The FDA NDC Directory lists 2 Nix products in 1 strength and form.

Medtech Products holds the FDA application for Nix (NDA019918, approved May 2, 1990). 1 other company (repackagers or distributors) also list Nix products.

Is there a generic or store brand of Nix?

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

Nix (Permethrin): maker, FDA approval and generic versions

Official data, not advice

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Quick answers

What is Nix?: Nix is a brand name of Permethrin, an over-the-counter medicine. The FDA NDC Directory lists 2 Nix products in 1 strength and form.
Who makes Nix?: Medtech Products holds the FDA application for Nix (NDA019918, approved May 2, 1990). 1 other company (repackagers or distributors) also list Nix products.
Is there a generic or store brand of Nix?: Other products of Permethrin are listed with the FDA, but none in exactly the same strength and form as a Nix product.
Has Nix been recalled?: No recall linked to Nix products (by their NDC code or label) appears in the FDA enforcement reports we use.

What Nix is

Each Nix 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.

Permethrin · over-the-counter medicine

Strength and form	Product names	Same medicine, other names	Label
permethrin 1% rinse (topical)	Nix, Nix Lice Killing Creme Rinse	None listed	DailyMed

Its page quotes the Drug Facts label and lists every brand and store brand: Permethrin →

FDA approval

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

FDA applications of Nix products (Drugs@FDA)
Application	Holder	First approved	Products
NDA019918	Medtech Products	May 2, 1990	2

Companies that list Nix

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

Insight Pharmaceuticals LLC1 product
Geodis Logistics LLC1 product

Recalls

No recall linked to Nix 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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