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 Preparations11,023
283400Pharmaceutical preparations8,597
28340000Pharmaceutical preparations8,597
283401Drugs affecting neoplasms and endrocrine systems99
28340100Drugs affecting neoplasms and endrocrine systems39
28340101Adrenal pharmaceutical preparations35
28340102Hormone preparations15
28340103Insulin preparations5
28340104Pituitary gland pharmaceutical preparations3
28340105Thyroid preparations2
283402Drugs acting on the central nervous system & sense organs86
28340200Drugs acting on the central nervous system & sense organs58
28340201Analgesics22
28340202Barbituric acid pharmaceutical preparations0
28340203Procaine pharmaceutical preparations2
28340204Sodium salicylate tablets0
28340205Tranquilizers or mental drug preparations4
283403Drugs acting on the cardiovascular system, except diagnostic45
28340300Drugs acting on the cardiovascular system, except diagnostic34
28340301Digitalis pharmaceutical preparations11
283404Drugs acting on the respiratory system44
28340400Drugs acting on the respiratory system19
28340401Antihistamine preparations1
28340402Cold remedies5
28340403Cough medicines9
28340404Lozenges, pharmaceutical8
28340405Syrups, pharmaceutical2
283405Drugs acting on the gastrointestinal or genitourinary system23
28340500Drugs acting on the gastrointestinal or genitourinary system17
28340501Antacids4
28340503Diuretics0
28340504Effervescent salts1
28340505Laxatives1
283406Dermatologicals252
28340600Dermatologicals150
28340601Astringents, medicinal1
28340602Liniments10
28340603Lip balms48
28340604Ointments40
28340605Suppositories2
283407Vitamin, nutrient, and hematinic preparations for human use640
28340700Vitamin, nutrient, and hematinic preparations for human use372
28340701Intravenous solutions28
28340702Vitamin preparations240
283408Drugs affecting parasitic and infective diseases48
28340800Drugs affecting parasitic and infective diseases14
28340801Antibiotics, packaged6
28340802Antiseptics, medicinal15
28340803Iodine, tincture of1
28340804Penicillin preparations5
283499Pharmaceutical preparations, nec1,189
28349901Chlorination tablets and kits (water purification)41
28349902Druggists' preparations (pharmaceuticals)379
28349903Emulsions, pharmaceutical15
28349904Extracts of botanicals: powdered, pilular, solid, or fluid42
28349905Medicines, capsuled or ampuled152
28349906Pills, pharmaceutical70
28349907Powders, pharmaceutical29
28349908Proprietary drug products151
28349909Solutions, pharmaceutical128
28349910Tablets, pharmaceutical47
28349911Veterinary pharmaceutical preparations128
28349912Water, sterile: for injections7