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Division: D - Manufacturing

US-SIC Code 2834 - Pharmaceutical Preparations

Industry Description

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.

Business Examples

Common types of business activities within US SIC 2834 - Pharmaceutical Preparations are:

  • Adrenal pharmaceutical preparations
  • Analgesics
  • Anesthetics, packaged
  • Antacids
  • Anthelmintics
  • Antibiotics, packaged
  • Antihistamine preparations
  • Antipyretics
  • Antiseptics, medicinal
  • Astringents, medicinal
  • Barbituric acid pharmaceutical preparations
  • Belladonna pharmaceutical preparations
  • Botanical extracts: powdered, pilular, solid, and fluid, except
  • Chlorination tablets and kits (water purification)
  • Cold remedies
  • Cough medicines
  • Cyclopropane for anesthetic use (U.S.P. par N.F.), packaged
  • Dermatological preparations
  • Dextrose and sodium chloride injection, mixed
  • Dextrose injection
  • Digitalis pharmaceutical preparations
  • Diuretics
  • Effervescent salts
  • Emulsifiers, fluorescent inspection
  • Emulsions, pharmaceutical
  • Fever remedies
  • Galenical preparations
  • Hormone preparations, except diagnostics
  • Insulin preparations
  • Intravenous solutions
  • Iodine, tincture of
  • Laxatives
  • Liniments
  • Lip balms
  • Lozenges, pharmaceutical
  • Medicines, capsuled or ampuled
  • Nitrofuran preparations
  • Ointments
  • Parenteral solutions
  • Penicillin preparations
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Pills, pharmaceutical
  • Pituitary gland pharmaceutical preparations
  • Poultry and animal remedies
  • Powders, pharmaceutical
  • Procaine pharmaceutical preparations
  • Proprietary drug products
  • Remedies, human and animal
  • Sodium chloride solution for injection, U.S.P.
  • Sodium salicylate tablets
  • Solutions, pharmaceutical
  • Spirits, pharmaceutical
  • Suppositories
  • Syrups, pharmaceutical
  • Tablets, pharmaceutical
  • Thyroid preparations
  • Tinctures, pharmaceutical
  • Tranquilizers and mental drug preparations
  • Vermifuges
  • Veterinary pharmaceutical preparations
  • Vitamin preparations
  • Water decontamination or purification tablets
  • Water, sterile: for injections
  • Zinc ointment

IBISWorld Industry Research Report

Brand Name Pharmaceutical Manufacturing in the US (32541a)

Revenue 2025

$271.2bn

Growth 2025

2.97%

Key Trends

  • Patent expirations have represented the major threat to branded drug manufacturers

  • The level of import penetration has continued to grow

  • A large number of key patent expirations will pose a major threat to the industry

Products and Services

US-SIC Hierarchy 2834 - Pharmaceutical Preparations

US-SIC Code 2834 - Pharmaceutical Preparations sits in the 2-digit Pharmaceutical Preparations sector. US SIC codes can be 2 to 8 digits and the further along the hierarchy, the more detailed and specific the category will be.

Division: D

Division Title: Manufacturing

2 Digits 3 Digits 4 Digits

Extended US-SIC Hierarchy for 2834 - Pharmaceutical Preparations

For business marketing and targeting, US SIC Codes have been extended to provide more specific classifications within US-SIC 2834 - Pharmaceutical Preparations. Extended US SIC Codes are being continuously updated to reflect the current business environment.

6 Digit SIC Codes

  • 283401 Drug-manufacturers
  • 283402 Poultry medicines & vaccines (mfrs)
  • 283403 Vitamin products-manufacturers
  • 283404 Drug millers
  • 283405 Zinc oxide-manufacturers
  • 283406 Medicines-patent-manufacturers
  • 283407 Laboratories-pharmaceutical (mfrs)
  • 283408 Allergy laboratories
  • 283409 Lanolin (manufacturers)
  • 283410 Tablet makers-pharm-food etc (mfrs)
  • 283411 Water deionization
  • 283412 Water scale removers (manufacturers)
  • 283498 Pharmaceutical preparation

8 Digit SIC Codes

  • 28340000 Pharmaceutical preparations
  • 28340100 Drugs affecting neoplasms and endrocrine systems
  • 28340101 Adrenal pharmaceutical preparations
  • 28340102 Hormone preparations
  • 28340103 Insulin preparations
  • 28340104 Pituitary gland pharmaceutical preparations
  • 28340105 Thyroid preparations
  • 28340200 Drugs acting on the central nervous system & sense organs
  • 28340201 Analgesics
  • 28340202 Barbituric acid pharmaceutical preparations
  • 28340203 Procaine pharmaceutical preparations
  • 28340204 Sodium salicylate tablets
  • 28340205 Tranquilizers or mental drug preparations
  • 28340300 Drugs acting on the cardiovascular system, except diagnostic
  • 28340301 Digitalis pharmaceutical preparations
  • 28340400 Drugs acting on the respiratory system
  • 28340401 Antihistamine preparations
  • 28340402 Cold remedies
  • 28340403 Cough medicines
  • 28340404 Lozenges, pharmaceutical
  • 28340405 Syrups, pharmaceutical
  • 28340500 Drugs acting on the gastrointestinal or genitourinary system
  • 28340501 Antacids
  • 28340502 Belladonna pharmaceutical preparations
  • 28340503 Diuretics
  • 28340504 Effervescent salts
  • 28340505 Laxatives
  • 28340600 Dermatologicals
  • 28340601 Astringents, medicinal
  • 28340602 Liniments
  • 28340603 Lip balms
  • 28340604 Ointments
  • 28340605 Suppositories
  • 28340606 Zinc ointment
  • 28340700 Vitamin, nutrient, and hematinic preparations for human use
  • 28340701 Intravenous solutions
  • 28340702 Vitamin preparations
  • 28340800 Drugs affecting parasitic and infective diseases
  • 28340801 Antibiotics, packaged
  • 28340802 Antiseptics, medicinal
  • 28340803 Iodine, tincture of
  • 28340804 Penicillin preparations
  • 28340805 Tinctures, pharmaceutical
  • 28349900 Pharmaceutical preparations, nec
  • 28349901 Chlorination tablets and kits (water purification)
  • 28349902 Druggists' preparations (pharmaceuticals)
  • 28349903 Emulsions, pharmaceutical
  • 28349904 Extracts of botanicals: powdered, pilular, solid, or fluid
  • 28349905 Medicines, capsuled or ampuled
  • 28349906 Pills, pharmaceutical
  • 28349907 Powders, pharmaceutical
  • 28349908 Proprietary drug products
  • 28349909 Solutions, pharmaceutical
  • 28349910 Tablets, pharmaceutical
  • 28349911 Veterinary pharmaceutical preparations
  • 28349912 Water, sterile: for injections

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Division US-SIC Code Sector title
A 01-09 Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing
B 10-14 Mining
C 15-17 Construction
D 20-39 Manufacturing
E 40-49 Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services
F 50-51 Wholesale Trade
G 52-59 Retail Trade
H 60-67 Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate
I 70-89 Services
J 90-99 Public Administration

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