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Brand-name prescription medicine

Pepcid

Generic name: Famotidine

FDA application holder: Carlsbad

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.

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Quick answers

What is Pepcid?
Pepcid is a brand name of Famotidine, a prescription medicine. The FDA NDC Directory lists 2 Pepcid products in 2 strengths and forms.
Who makes Pepcid?
Carlsbad holds the FDA application for Pepcid (ANDA075805, approved April 16, 2001).
Is there a generic or store brand of Pepcid?
Yes. The FDA NDC Directory lists 98 other products with the same active ingredients, strength and form as a Pepcid product, 98 of them generic. Ask your pharmacist whether one is right for you.
Has Pepcid been recalled?
No recall linked to Pepcid products (by their NDC code or label) appears in the FDA enforcement reports we use.

What Pepcid is

Each Pepcid 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.

Famotidine · prescription medicine

Strength and formProduct namesSame medicine, other namesLabel
famotidine 20 mg
tablet, film coated (oral)
Pepcid 53 products, 35 companies DailyMed
famotidine 40 mg
tablet, film coated (oral)
Pepcid 45 products, 26 companies DailyMed

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

FDA approval

  • ANDA: Abbreviated New Drug Application: how a generic version is approved.
FDA applications of Pepcid products (Drugs@FDA)
ApplicationHolderFirst approvedProducts
ANDA075805CarlsbadApril 16, 20012

Companies that list Pepcid

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

Recalls

No recall linked to Pepcid 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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