Quick answers
- What is Norditropin?
- Norditropin is a brand name of Somatropin, a prescription medicine. The FDA NDC Directory lists 4 Norditropin products in 4 strengths and forms.
- Who makes Norditropin?
- Novo Nordisk Inc holds the FDA application for Norditropin (BLA021148, approved June 20, 2000).
- Is there a generic or store brand of Norditropin?
- Yes. The FDA NDC Directory lists 2 other products with the same active ingredients, strength and form as a Norditropin product. Ask your pharmacist whether one is right for you.
- What do pharmacies pay for Norditropin?
- CMS lists a National Average Drug Acquisition Cost (NADAC) for 3 Norditropin strengths and forms (see the table below). That is what pharmacies pay to buy it, not what you pay: your price depends on your insurance and your pharmacy.
- Has Norditropin been recalled?
- FDA enforcement reports list 1 recall of Norditropin products; the newest started April 27, 2016. A recall usually concerns specific lots, not every product.
What Norditropin is
Each Norditropin 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.
Somatropin · prescription medicine
| Strength and form | Product names | Same medicine, other names | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| somatropin 10 mg/1.5 mL injection, solution (subcutaneous) | Norditropin | 1 product, 1 company | DailyMed |
| somatropin 15 mg/1.5 mL injection, solution (subcutaneous) | Norditropin | None listed | DailyMed |
| somatropin 30 mg/3 mL injection, solution (subcutaneous) | Norditropin | None listed | DailyMed |
| somatropin 5 mg/1.5 mL injection, solution (subcutaneous) | Norditropin | 1 product, 1 company | DailyMed |
Its page lists every product and company, the FDA label’s uses and boxed warning, approvals, shortages and recalls: Somatropin →
FDA approval
- BLA: Biologics License Application: how a biologic medicine (made from living cells) is approved.
| Application | Holder | First approved | Products |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLA021148 | Novo Nordisk Inc | June 20, 2000 | 4 |
What pharmacies pay (NADAC)
The National Average Drug Acquisition Cost (NADAC) is the average price U.S. retail pharmacies paid to buy one unit of a medicine (one tablet, one mL or one gram), from a monthly survey of pharmacy invoices by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). State Medicaid programs use it to pay pharmacies.
This is not the price you pay. What you pay depends on your insurance (copay or coinsurance), your pharmacy and any discounts, and pharmacies also charge for filling a prescription. Ask your pharmacist or your health plan what your price will be.
| Strength and form | Generic or brand | Pharmacies pay |
|---|---|---|
| somatropin 10 mg/1.5 mL injection, solution | Brand: Norditropin | $1,139.85 per mL |
| somatropin 15 mg/1.5 mL injection, solution | Brand: Norditropin | $1,708.51 per mL |
| somatropin 5 mg/1.5 mL injection, solution | Brand: Norditropin | $571.39 per mL |
NADAC list of November 4, 2026; these prices took effect on October 21, 2026. Shown only where a package’s NDC code matches the NADAC list exactly, and only for that exact strength and form: nothing is averaged across strengths. Strengths and forms not listed here have no NADAC price.
Source: NADAC (National Average Drug Acquisition Cost) 2026, data.medicaid.gov (CMS) →
Companies that list Norditropin
The company named on the package (holder, repackager or distributor), as listed in the FDA NDC Directory, with its number of Norditropin products.
- Novo Nordisk4 products
Recalls
From FDA enforcement reports, matched by the product’s NDC code or label. A recall usually covers specific lots: check the lot number on your package and ask your pharmacist. Do not stop a medicine on your own.
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April 27, 2016 · Class II · Terminated · D-0956-2016
Defective Delivery System; may have a low frequency assembly fault which may result in pens block during the so-called "air shot" step
Norditropin FlexPro Somatropin (rDNA origin) injection, 30 mg/3 mL Prefilled Pen, Rx only, Novo Nordisk Inc., Plainsboro, NJ --- NDC 0169-7703-21 — Novo Nordisk Inc
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.