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NUPRO Chlorhexidine Gluconate

Generic name: Chlorhexidine gluconate

FDA application holder: Pharmobedient

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Quick answers

What is NUPRO Chlorhexidine Gluconate?
NUPRO Chlorhexidine Gluconate is a brand name of Chlorhexidine gluconate, a prescription medicine. The FDA NDC Directory lists 2 NUPRO Chlorhexidine Gluconate products in 1 strength and form.
Who makes NUPRO Chlorhexidine Gluconate?
Pharmobedient holds the FDA application for NUPRO Chlorhexidine Gluconate (ANDA077789, approved June 18, 2009). 1 other company (repackagers or distributors) also list NUPRO Chlorhexidine Gluconate products.
Is there a generic or store brand of NUPRO Chlorhexidine Gluconate?
Yes. The FDA NDC Directory lists 28 other products with the same active ingredients, strength and form as a NUPRO Chlorhexidine Gluconate product, 27 of them generic. Ask your pharmacist whether one is right for you.
Has NUPRO Chlorhexidine Gluconate been recalled?
No recall linked to NUPRO Chlorhexidine Gluconate products (by their NDC code or label) appears in the FDA enforcement reports we use.

What NUPRO Chlorhexidine Gluconate is

Each NUPRO Chlorhexidine Gluconate 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.

Chlorhexidine gluconate · prescription medicine

Strength and formProduct namesSame medicine, other namesLabel
chlorhexidine gluconate 1.2 mg/mL
rinse (oral)
NUPRO Chlorhexidine Gluconate 28 products, 20 companies DailyMed

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

FDA approval

  • ANDA: Abbreviated New Drug Application: how a generic version is approved.
FDA applications of NUPRO Chlorhexidine Gluconate products (Drugs@FDA)
ApplicationHolderFirst approvedProducts
ANDA077789PharmobedientJune 18, 20092

Companies that list NUPRO Chlorhexidine Gluconate

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

Recalls

No recall linked to NUPRO Chlorhexidine Gluconate 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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