SIC Industry Description

Industry: 2834—Pharmaceutical Preparations
Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing, fabricating, or processing drugs in pharmaceutical preparations for human or veterinary use. The greater part of the products of these establishments are finished in the form intended for final consumption, such as ampoules, tablets, capsules, vials, ointments, medicinal powders, solutions, and suspensions. Products of this industry consist of two important lines, namely: (1) pharmaceutical preparations promoted primarily to the dental, medical, or veterinary professions, and (2) pharmaceutical preparations promoted primarily to the public.

Adrenal pharmaceutical preparationsLiniments
AnalgesicsLip balms
Anesthetics, packagedLozenges, pharmaceutical
AntacidsMedicines, capsuled or ampuled
AnthelminticsNitrofuran preparations
Antibiotics, packagedOintments
Antihistamine preparationsParenteral solutions
AntipyreticsPenicillin preparations
Antiseptics, medicinalPharmaceuticals
Astringents, medicinalPills, pharmaceutical
Barbituric acid pharmaceutical preparationsPituitary gland pharmaceutical preparations
Belladonna pharmaceutical preparationsPoultry and animal remedies
Botanical extracts: powdered, pilular, solid, and fluid, except diagnosticsPowders, pharmaceutical
Chlorination tablets and kits (water purification)Procaine pharmaceutical preparations
Cold remediesProprietary drug products
Cough medicinesRemedies, human and animal
Cyclopropane for anesthetic use (U.S.P. par N.F.), packagedSodium chloride solution for injection, U.S.P.
Dermatological preparationsSodium salicylate tablets
Dextrose and sodium chloride injection, mixedSolutions, pharmaceutical
Dextrose injectionSpirits, pharmaceutical
Digitalis pharmaceutical preparationsSuppositories
DiureticsSyrups, pharmaceutical
Effervescent saltsTablets, pharmaceutical
Emulsifiers, fluorescent inspectionThyroid preparations
Emulsions, pharmaceuticalTinctures, pharmaceutical
Fever remediesTranquilizers and mental drug preparations
Galenical preparationsVermifuges
Hormone preparations, except diagnosticsVeterinary pharmaceutical preparations
Insulin preparationsVitamin preparations
Intravenous solutionsWater decontamination or purification tablets
Iodine, tincture ofWater, sterile: for injections
LaxativesZinc ointment
Codes TitlesTotal Marketable US Businesses
2834Pharmaceutical Preparations10,625
283400Pharmaceutical preparations8,213
28340000Pharmaceutical preparations8,213
283401Drugs affecting neoplasms and endrocrine systems94
28340100Drugs affecting neoplasms and endrocrine systems37
28340101Adrenal pharmaceutical preparations33
28340102Hormone preparations15
28340103Insulin preparations5
28340104Pituitary gland pharmaceutical preparations2
28340105Thyroid preparations2
283402Drugs acting on the central nervous system & sense organs89
28340200Drugs acting on the central nervous system & sense organs62
28340201Analgesics20
28340202Barbituric acid pharmaceutical preparations0
28340203Procaine pharmaceutical preparations2
28340204Sodium salicylate tablets0
28340205Tranquilizers or mental drug preparations5
283403Drugs acting on the cardiovascular system, except diagnostic46
28340300Drugs acting on the cardiovascular system, except diagnostic37
28340301Digitalis pharmaceutical preparations9
283404Drugs acting on the respiratory system46
28340400Drugs acting on the respiratory system22
28340401Antihistamine preparations1
28340402Cold remedies5
28340403Cough medicines8
28340404Lozenges, pharmaceutical8
28340405Syrups, pharmaceutical2
283405Drugs acting on the gastrointestinal or genitourinary system25
28340500Drugs acting on the gastrointestinal or genitourinary system17
28340501Antacids4
28340503Diuretics0
28340504Effervescent salts2
28340505Laxatives2
283406Dermatologicals262
28340600Dermatologicals143
28340601Astringents, medicinal1
28340602Liniments10
28340603Lip balms59
28340604Ointments46
28340605Suppositories2
283407Vitamin, nutrient, and hematinic preparations for human use632
28340700Vitamin, nutrient, and hematinic preparations for human use369
28340701Intravenous solutions26
28340702Vitamin preparations237
283408Drugs affecting parasitic and infective diseases48
28340800Drugs affecting parasitic and infective diseases15
28340801Antibiotics, packaged6
28340802Antiseptics, medicinal16
28340803Iodine, tincture of1
28340804Penicillin preparations4
283499Pharmaceutical preparations, nec1,170
28349901Chlorination tablets and kits (water purification)41
28349902Druggists' preparations (pharmaceuticals)383
28349903Emulsions, pharmaceutical16
28349904Extracts of botanicals: powdered, pilular, solid, or fluid43
28349905Medicines, capsuled or ampuled150
28349906Pills, pharmaceutical64
28349907Powders, pharmaceutical29
28349908Proprietary drug products146
28349909Solutions, pharmaceutical127
28349910Tablets, pharmaceutical44
28349911Veterinary pharmaceutical preparations120
28349912Water, sterile: for injections7