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Generic bromfenac

No pharmacy we check posts a price for it.

  1. Ask your pharmacy for the cash price of generic bromfenac.Find pharmacies near you 
  2. Ask one or two other pharmacies too. Cash prices for the same generic can differ a lot from store to store.

A regular generic has the same active ingredient as Bromsite, and the FDA requires it to work the same way.

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Question
Brand nameBromsite
Authorized genericbromfenac
Regular genericbromfenac
What you’d pay
Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the highest price
Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the lowest
Cash priceAsk the pharmacy
Same as Bromsite?
The original
Same medicine
Same active ingredientFillers and dyes can differ

Brand nameThe maker’s card

Bromsite’s maker has a savings card that lowers what you pay at the pharmacy.

BromSite Co-Pay Program

Savings card from Sun Pharma

No insuranceNeeds insuranceNo cash price listed.
Insurance · as little as $35 a bottle

Sign up on bromsite.com 

In the maker’s words

“Pay as little as $35…”

From the maker’s offer on bromsite.com, checked November 2, 2026. Co-pay cards can’t be used with Medicare (including Medicare Advantage), Medicaid, TRICARE or VA.

Authorized genericThe NDC to ask for

The same medicine as Bromsite, without the brand name. Give the pharmacy its NDC to get it.

bromfenac

Sold by
  • Sun Pharmaceutical IndustriesThe company behind Bromsite
NDC to ask for
  • 0.075%drops
    • 49708-755-4111-digit: 49708-0755-415 mL per dropper bottle

Source: FDA, updated October 30, 2026

What to say at the pharmacy

“Before you fill my Bromsite, can you tell me what I’d pay for the brand, for the authorized generic from Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (NDC 49708-755-41), and for a regular generic?”

Paying cash? Ask for each one’s cash price. With insurance, ask what your plan charges for each.

Brand and authorized generic labels

Official labels and ingredient lists from DailyMed (U.S. National Library of Medicine).

Same active and inactive ingredients as Bromsite.

BrandBromsite
Authorized genericSun Pharmaceutical Industries
See the ingredients

Active: bromfenac sodium 0.076%

Inactive, on both labels:

  • Anhydrous citric acid
  • Benzalkonium chloride
  • Boric acid
  • Edetate disodium
  • Poloxamer 407
  • Polycarbophil
  • Sodium borate
  • Sodium chloride
  • Sodium hydroxide
  • Trisodium citrate dihydrate
  • Water

Regular genericWho makes it

One company sells a generic of Bromsite that the FDA rates a substitute. A pharmacy fills whichever one it stocks. To get a certain maker, ask for it by name; most pharmacies can order it in a day or two.

  • Lupin Pharmaceuticals0.075%
    How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

    0.075% Green, Yellow

    PackageNDC
    Carton of 5 mL68180-434-01

    Inactive ingredients: anhydrous citric acid, benzalkonium chloride, boric acid, edetate disodium, poloxamer 407, polycarbophil, sodium borate, sodium chloride, sodium hydroxide, trisodium citrate dihydrate, water

    FDA label

Who sells it: FDA and Medicaid records, updated weekly. Each maker’s page, card and program is from its own site.

What it’s used for

What the FDA label says

BromSite is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) indicated for the treatment of postoperative inflammation and prevention of ocular pain in patients undergoing cataract surgery.

Source: the FDA label for Bromsite (Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc.), January 8, 2026. Full label on DailyMed 

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