Quick answers
- What is Pradaxa?
- Pradaxa is a brand name of Dabigatran etexilate, a prescription medicine. The FDA NDC Directory lists 9 Pradaxa products in 9 strengths and forms.
- Who makes Pradaxa?
- Boehringer Ingelheim holds the FDA application for Pradaxa (NDA022512, approved October 19, 2010).
- Is there a generic or store brand of Pradaxa?
- Yes. The FDA NDC Directory lists 34 other products with the same active ingredients, strength and form as a Pradaxa product, 34 of them generic. Ask your pharmacist whether one is right for you.
- What do pharmacies pay for Pradaxa?
- CMS lists a National Average Drug Acquisition Cost (NADAC) for 3 Pradaxa 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 Pradaxa been recalled?
- No recall linked to Pradaxa products (by their NDC code or label) appears in the FDA enforcement reports we use.
What Pradaxa is
Each Pradaxa 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.
Dabigatran etexilate · prescription medicine
| Strength and form | Product names | Same medicine, other names | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| dabigatran etexilate mesylate 110 mg capsule (oral) | Pradaxa | 7 products, 7 companies | DailyMed |
| dabigatran etexilate mesylate 110 mg pellet (oral) | Pradaxa | None listed | DailyMed |
| dabigatran etexilate mesylate 150 mg capsule (oral) | Pradaxa | 15 products, 14 companies | DailyMed |
| dabigatran etexilate mesylate 150 mg pellet (oral) | Pradaxa | None listed | DailyMed |
| dabigatran etexilate mesylate 20 mg pellet (oral) | Pradaxa | None listed | DailyMed |
| dabigatran etexilate mesylate 30 mg pellet (oral) | Pradaxa | None listed | DailyMed |
| dabigatran etexilate mesylate 40 mg pellet (oral) | Pradaxa | None listed | DailyMed |
| dabigatran etexilate mesylate 50 mg pellet (oral) | Pradaxa | None listed | DailyMed |
| dabigatran etexilate mesylate 75 mg capsule (oral) | Pradaxa | 12 products, 12 companies | DailyMed |
Its page lists every product and company, the FDA label’s uses and boxed warning, approvals, shortages and recalls: Dabigatran etexilate →
FDA approval
- NDA: New Drug Application: how a new (usually brand-name) medicine is approved.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| dabigatran etexilate mesylate 110 mg capsule | Brand: Pradaxa | $3.17 per capsule Generic of the same strength and form: $0.8961 per capsule |
| dabigatran etexilate mesylate 150 mg capsule | Brand: Pradaxa | $3.16 per capsule Generic of the same strength and form: $0.8005 per capsule |
| dabigatran etexilate mesylate 75 mg capsule | Brand: Pradaxa | $3.17 per capsule Generic of the same strength and form: $0.7152 per capsule |
NADAC list of November 4, 2026; these prices took effect between July 22, 2026 and 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 Pradaxa
The company named on the package (holder, repackager or distributor), as listed in the FDA NDC Directory, with its number of Pradaxa products.
Recalls
No recall linked to Pradaxa 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.