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Brand-name prescription medicine

VePesid

Generic name: Etoposide

FDA application holder: Onesource Specialty

Official data, not advice

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Quick answers

What is VePesid?
VePesid is a brand name of Etoposide, a prescription medicine. The FDA NDC Directory lists 2 VePesid products in 1 strength and form.
Who makes VePesid?
Onesource Specialty holds the FDA application for VePesid (NDA019557, approved December 30, 1986). 1 other company (repackagers or distributors) also list VePesid products.
Is there a generic or store brand of VePesid?
Yes. The FDA NDC Directory lists 1 other product with the same active ingredients, strength and form as a VePesid product, 1 of them generic. Ask your pharmacist whether one is right for you.
Has VePesid been recalled?
No recall linked to VePesid products (by their NDC code or label) appears in the FDA enforcement reports we use.

What VePesid is

Each VePesid 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.

Etoposide · prescription medicine

Strength and formProduct namesSame medicine, other namesLabel
etoposide 50 mg
capsule (oral)
VePesid 1 product, 1 company —

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

FDA approval

  • NDA: New Drug Application: how a new (usually brand-name) medicine is approved.
FDA applications of VePesid products (Drugs@FDA)
ApplicationHolderFirst approvedProducts
NDA019557Onesource SpecialtyDecember 30, 19862

Companies that list VePesid

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

Recalls

No recall linked to VePesid 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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