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 Preparations9,766
283400Pharmaceutical preparations7,311
28340000Pharmaceutical preparations7,311
283401Drugs affecting neoplasms and endrocrine systems85
28340100Drugs affecting neoplasms and endrocrine systems30
28340101Adrenal pharmaceutical preparations34
28340102Hormone preparations14
28340103Insulin preparations3
28340104Pituitary gland pharmaceutical preparations2
28340105Thyroid preparations2
283402Drugs acting on the central nervous system & sense organs95
28340200Drugs acting on the central nervous system & sense organs62
28340201Analgesics24
28340202Barbituric acid pharmaceutical preparations0
28340203Procaine pharmaceutical preparations3
28340204Sodium salicylate tablets0
28340205Tranquilizers or mental drug preparations6
283403Drugs acting on the cardiovascular system, except diagnostic48
28340300Drugs acting on the cardiovascular system, except diagnostic40
28340301Digitalis pharmaceutical preparations8
283404Drugs acting on the respiratory system51
28340400Drugs acting on the respiratory system22
28340401Antihistamine preparations1
28340402Cold remedies4
28340403Cough medicines10
28340404Lozenges, pharmaceutical9
28340405Syrups, pharmaceutical5
283405Drugs acting on the gastrointestinal or genitourinary system31
28340500Drugs acting on the gastrointestinal or genitourinary system22
28340501Antacids4
28340503Diuretics0
28340504Effervescent salts2
28340505Laxatives3
283406Dermatologicals293
28340600Dermatologicals159
28340601Astringents, medicinal1
28340602Liniments9
28340603Lip balms77
28340604Ointments43
28340605Suppositories3
283407Vitamin, nutrient, and hematinic preparations for human use606
28340700Vitamin, nutrient, and hematinic preparations for human use351
28340701Intravenous solutions27
28340702Vitamin preparations228
283408Drugs affecting parasitic and infective diseases58
28340800Drugs affecting parasitic and infective diseases17
28340801Antibiotics, packaged11
28340802Antiseptics, medicinal16
28340803Iodine, tincture of2
28340804Penicillin preparations6
283499Pharmaceutical preparations, nec1,188
28349901Chlorination tablets and kits (water purification)54
28349902Druggists' preparations (pharmaceuticals)390
28349903Emulsions, pharmaceutical15
28349904Extracts of botanicals: powdered, pilular, solid, or fluid46
28349905Medicines, capsuled or ampuled151
28349906Pills, pharmaceutical64
28349907Powders, pharmaceutical33
28349908Proprietary drug products143
28349909Solutions, pharmaceutical121
28349910Tablets, pharmaceutical53
28349911Veterinary pharmaceutical preparations113
28349912Water, sterile: for injections5