Inactive Ingredients Database Download
The Inactive Ingredients files are supplied as comma delimited text and Excel files. The size of each unzipped file is less than 2 MB.
We update the database quarterly, by the tenth working day of April, July, October, and January.
Current Update
Previous Updates
- January 2021: Inactive Ingredient Database File
- October 2020: Inactive Ingredient Database File
- July 2020: Inactive Ingredient Database File
- April 2020: inactive Ingredient Database File
- January 2020: inactive Ingredient Database File
- October 2019: inactive Ingredient Database File
- July 2019: inactive Ingredient Database File
- April 2019: Inactive Ingredient Database File
- December 2018: Inactive Ingredient Database File
- September 2018: Inactive Ingredient Database File
- April 2018: Inactive Ingredient Database File
- December 2017: Inactive Ingredient Database File
- August 2017: Inactive Ingredient Database File
- July 2017: Inactive Ingredient Database File
- March 2017: Inactive Ingredient Database File
- November 2016: Inactive Ingredient Database File
- July 2016: Inactive Ingredient Database File
- April 2016: Inactive Ingredient Database File
The Inactive Ingredients download files from 2009 through 2015 are in the FDA Archive
The data file contains 7 fields (columns):
- Inactive Ingredient
- Route
- Dosage Form
- CAS Number
- UNII
- Potency Amount
- Potency Unit