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Compound monograph · §5

NAD+ (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide) — regulatory status

Authorisation status by jurisdiction, development status, and the distinction between an authorised product and research supply.

Document identifier
CEI-MN-045/5
Series
Compound monograph
Version
2.1
Published
23 Aug 2026
Last reviewed
23 Aug 2026
Next review
23 Aug 2028
Identifier
10.71829/cei.mono.45
Certainty
Very low
Cycle
2026 Q3

§5Regulatory status

§5.1Status by jurisdiction

Table 5. Regulatory status of NAD+ (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide) by jurisdiction, as recorded at the assessment date.

JurisdictionStatusDetail
Dietary supplementVariableNAD+ and its precursors are marketed as supplements in several jurisdictions under food rather than medicines law
Parenteral medicinal useNot approvedNo marketing authorisation for intravenous NAD+ in any jurisdiction
Research-use supplyNot approvedWidely offered including in preparations intended for injection
Recorded at the assessment date. Regulatory status changes and this table is re-examined at each review.

§5.2Development status

Unapproved, research supply. Supplied as a research chemical; no marketing authorisation for the uses under which it is supplied.

§5.3Supply outside authorisation

Material offered by research-chemical suppliers is not manufactured under a marketing authorisation, is not subject to the quality system that governs an authorised product, and is not covered by any pharmacovigilance obligation. The distinction matters for this monograph because every efficacy and safety estimate reproduced in §3 and §4 was obtained using material manufactured under such a system. The Institute records supply considerations separately at §8 and analytical characterisation at §6.[1,2]

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  1. International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use. ICH Q6B Specifications: Test Procedures and Acceptance Criteria for Biotechnological/Biological Products. ICH Harmonised Tripartite Guideline 1999;Step 4 version. identifier not held by the Institute
  2. Sodhi M, Rezaeianzadeh R, Kezouh A, Etminan M. Risk of gastrointestinal adverse events associated with glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists for weight loss. JAMA 2023;330(18):1795–1797. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.19574 · PMID 37796527

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