Taxotere vs. its authorized generic and generics

Taxotere is given by a doctor or nurse and billed by the clinic, not a pharmacy. Your care team and your insurance decide which product you get, so ask them what you’d pay.

How to pay the least

Given by your care team

Billed by the clinic

Taxotere is given by a doctor or nurse, not picked up at a pharmacy.

Ask your care team or your plan what you’d pay before your visit.

Compare every option

Brand nameTaxotere

Authorized genericdocetaxel

Regular genericdocetaxel

What you’d pay

Not soldNo longer sold

Cash priceAsk the pharmacyOften less than Taxotere

Cash priceAsk the pharmacyUsually the lowest

Same as Taxotere?

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Same medicine

Same active ingredientFillers and dyes can differ

Brand nameNot sold

Taxotere itself isn’t sold as a prescription anymore. Its generic versions, if any, are in the other tabs.

See the authorized generic →

Authorized genericThe NDC to ask for

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

docetaxel

Sold by

Sanofi-AventisThe company behind Taxotere

Given by your care team

This is given by IV at a cancer clinic or hospital, not picked up at a pharmacy.

Your strength

NDC (for your care team)

20 mg/mLinjection concentrate
- 0955-1020-0111-digit: 00955-1020-011 mL per vial
80 mg/4 mLinjection concentrate
- 0955-1021-0411-digit: 00955-1021-044 mL per vial
160 mg/8 mLinjection concentrate
- 0955-1022-0811-digit: 00955-1022-088 mL per vial

Source: FDA, updated October 30, 2026

What to ask your care team

“Which version of Taxotere do you use: the brand, the authorized generic or a regular generic? What would I pay for each?”

Brand and authorized generic labels

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

20 mg/mL injection concentrate

Taxotere itself isn’t sold anymore, so there’s no current brand label to compare. Here’s the authorized generic’s label.

Authorized generic package label from Sanofi-Aventis — Authorized genericSanofi-Aventis

See the ingredients

Active: docetaxel 20 mg/mL

Inactive:

Alcohol
Polysorbate 80

80 mg/4 mL injection concentrate

Taxotere itself isn’t sold anymore, so there’s no current brand label to compare. Here’s the authorized generic’s label.

See the ingredients

Active: docetaxel 80 mg/4 mL

Inactive:

Alcohol
Polysorbate 80

160 mg/8 mL injection concentrate

Taxotere itself isn’t sold anymore, so there’s no current brand label to compare. Here’s the authorized generic’s label.

See the ingredients

Active: docetaxel 160 mg/8 mL

Inactive:

Alcohol
Polysorbate 80

Regular genericWho makes it

5 companies sell an FDA-rated generic of Taxotere. It’s given by your care team, who choose which one to use.

Amneal PharmaceuticalsInjection 20 mg/mL, 80 mg/4 mL, 160 mg/8 mL

How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

20 mg/mL Pale yellow to brownish-yellow

Package NDC
Carton of 1 mL 70121-1221-1

80 mg/4 mL Pale yellow to brownish-yellow

Package NDC
Carton of 4 mL 70121-1222-1

160 mg/8 mL Pale yellow to brownish-yellow

Package NDC
Carton of 8 mL 70121-1223-1

Inactive ingredients: alcohol, anhydrous citric acid, polysorbate 80
FDA label
Avet PharmaceuticalsInjection 20 mg/mL, 80 mg/4 mL, 160 mg/8 mL

Product page on avetpharma.com

How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

20 mg/mL

Package NDC
Carton of 1 mL 23155-903-31

80 mg/4 mL

Package NDC
Carton of 4 mL 23155-904-31

160 mg/8 mL

Package NDC
Carton of 8 mL 23155-905-31

Inactive ingredients: polysorbate 80, anhydrous citric acid, dehydrated alcohol
FDA label
Hikma PharmaceuticalsSolution 20 mg/mL

How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

20 mg/mL

Package NDC
Carton of 1 mL 0143-9204-01

20 mg/mL

Package NDC
Carton of 4 mL 0143-9205-01

Inactive ingredients: polysorbate 80, alcohol, anhydrous citric acid
FDA label
Mylan InstitutionalSolution 20 mg/mL

Packages and NDCs

20 mg/mL

Package NDC
Carton of 8 mL 67457-781-08
Sagent PharmaceuticalsSolution 20 mg/mL

Made by Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals

Product page on sagentpharma.com

How it looks, what’s in it, NDCs

20 mg/mL

Package NDC
Carton of 1 mL 25021-245-01
Carton of 4 mL 25021-245-04

Inactive ingredients: polysorbate 80, alcohol, anhydrous citric acid
FDA label

Package	NDC
Carton of 1 mL	70121-1221-1

Package	NDC
Carton of 4 mL	70121-1222-1

Package	NDC
Carton of 8 mL	70121-1223-1

Package	NDC
Carton of 1 mL	23155-903-31

Package	NDC
Carton of 4 mL	23155-904-31

Package	NDC
Carton of 8 mL	23155-905-31

Package	NDC
Carton of 1 mL	0143-9204-01

Package	NDC
Carton of 4 mL	0143-9205-01

Package	NDC
Carton of 8 mL	67457-781-08

Package	NDC
Carton of 1 mL	25021-245-01
Carton of 4 mL	25021-245-04

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

Docetaxel is a microtubule inhibitor indicated for:

Breast Cancer (BC): single agent for locally advanced or metastatic BC after chemotherapy failure; and with doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide as adjuvant treatment of operable node-positive BC
Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC): single agent for locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC after platinum therapy failure; and with cisplatin for unresectable, locally advanced or metastatic untreated NSCLC
Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer (CRPC): with prednisone in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer
Gastric Adenocarcinoma (GC): with cisplatin and fluorouracil for untreated, advanced GC, including the gastroesophageal junction
Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck (SCCHN): with cisplatin and fluorouracil for induction treatment of locally advanced SCCHN

Source: the FDA label for Docetaxel (Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC), December 6, 2024. Full label on DailyMed

Good to know

It may look different from Taxotere (color, shape, or markings). That’s normal for an authorized generic.
If your prescription says “dispense as written,” the pharmacy needs your prescriber’s OK to give you the authorized generic.
Coverage depends on your plan. Your care team or insurer can tell you what you’d pay.
Don’t stop or change a medicine without talking to your pharmacist or prescriber.

Prices change: confirm with the pharmacy before you fill. drugalt.com/drug/taxotere/