US National Drug Code (FDA NDC) generator

Last modified: April 3, 2025

The US National Drug Code (FDA NDC) generator creates valid and structured National Drug Codes (NDCs) to identify pharmaceutical products within the United States. The NDC is a unique, universal identifier maintained by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for drugs approved for human use.

Generator properties

The table provides key details about the generator, including the short name, sample of the generated data, the supported data types, and whether it is specific to a particular country.

Short name	Example of generated data	Data type matching	Country-specific
FDA NDC	33012-871-53, 5419-0900-12, …3301287153, 5419090012, …	character varyingcharactertextdecimalbigint	Default

Matching rules

The generator can be assigned to a column that matches any of the following rules:

The column name starts with ‘National’, then goes ‘Drug’, preceded or followed by any or no characters, and ends with ‘Code’, regardless of the table name.
The column name starts with ‘FDA’, then goes ‘NDC’, preceded or followed by any or no characters, and ends with ‘Code’, regardless of the table name.
The column name starts with ‘FDA’ and ends with ‘NDC’, with any or no characters in between, regardless of the table name.

Configure additional options

The generator produces data based on a regular expression. Since it is built on the RegExp generator, see Regular Expression generator to customize settings and understand the correct usage of syntax.