Tinidazole Price Trend and Forecast 2026-2027

Tinidazole is a synthetic nitroimidazole antiprotozoal and antibacterial active pharmaceutical ingredient (API), used extensively in the treatment of protozoal and anaerobic bacterial infections. API synthesis feedstock and regulatory compliance costs, and pharmaceutical formulation demand all feed into the price.

Indian tinidazole API prices stood at USD 10.86 per KG in Q1 2026, reflecting the country's role as a major global producer of generic antiprotozoal APIs. Broader API manufacturing costs across comparable nitroimidazole compounds have periodically faced sharp upward pressure from Chinese production disruptions, with some related APIs seeing price jumps as high as 190 percent during supply interruptions. Steady demand from pharmaceutical formulators for protozoal and anaerobic bacterial infection treatments continued to underpin consumption despite periodic feedstock and regulatory compliance cost volatility.

What is Tinidazole Price in August 2026?

Tinidazole API prices held close to Q1 2026 levels through August 2026, tracking Indian generic API production costs, as steady pharmaceutical formulation demand continued to support the market against periodic feedstock cost volatility.

• South Asia (India): Indian tinidazole API prices held near USD 10.32 to USD 11.40 per KG, close to the USD 10.86 per KG recorded in Q1 2026, as the country's dominant generic antiprotozoal API production base continued to anchor global pricing.
• Feedstock Outlook: API synthesis feedstock and regulatory compliance costs remained a key swing factor, with comparable nitroimidazole and related API categories having faced sharp price spikes during past Chinese production disruptions.
• Demand Outlook: Steady pharmaceutical formulator demand for protozoal and anaerobic bacterial infection treatments continued to underpin baseline consumption across the tracked market.

Tinidazole Price Forecast for 2026

The market looks steady into the rest of 2026. Ample Indian API capacity meets stable anti-infective demand, holding prices in their established range, though the wide forecast band reflects some intermediate-cost uncertainty. A starting-material squeeze or tighter environmental enforcement would lift prices. More capacity or aggressive generic competition would press them toward the lower end of the band.

For the Quarter Ending March 2026

Tinidazole Prices Q1 2026:

• India: USD 10.86/KG

Tinidazole Prices in India

India, being the global benchmark, firmed a value of 5.6% to a value of USD 10.86/KG in Q1 2026, the high of the period. Firmer intermediate costs and steady restocking by generic formulators lifted prices. The market recovered from a soft patch in late 2025.

Why did the price of Tinidazole change in Q1 2026 in India?

Firmer intermediate costs and steady restocking lifted the benchmark 5.6% to USD 10.86/KG.

For the Quarter Ending December 2025

Tinidazole Prices Q4 2025:

• India: USD 10.29/KG

Tinidazole Prices in India

India firmed a percentage of 0.4% to an approximate value of USD 10.29/KG in Q4 in the year 2025, steadying after a softer third quarter of the year. Ample API supply and the stable demand held the market broadly flat. Prices set the base for the early-2026 recovery.

Why did the price of Tinidazole change in Q4 2025 in India?

Ample supply and stable demand held prices near flat at USD 10.29/KG, up 0.4%.

Quarterly Tinidazole Price Trends

Tinidazole held a narrow range across the six quarters, the benchmark easing from USD 10.73/KG in Q1 2025 to a USD 10.25/KG Q3 low before recovering to USD 10.86/KG by Q1 2026, a net gain of about 1.2%. Ample Indian API capacity and stable anti-infective demand kept the market range-bound. The forecast band reflects some intermediate-cost uncertainty.

What was Tinidazole Price in 2025?

Tinidazole was broadly stable in 2025, the benchmark easing from USD 10.73/KG in Q1 to USD 10.29/KG by Q4, down about 4.1%, before recovering in early 2026. Three forces shaped the year. Ample Indian API capacity kept supply comfortable. Stable anti-infective demand gave a steady base. And modest swings in starting-material and intermediate costs drove the gentle dip and recovery, leaving the market little changed overall.

Tinidazole Prices in India in 2025

India is where the world’s tinidazole is made, and its factory-gate price is the global benchmark. Prices had eased from a value of USD 10.73/KG in Q1 2025 to a value of USD 10.25/KG Q3, then firmed to a value of USD 10.29/KG by Q4 and USD 10.86/KG in early 2026. Ample API capacity and stable demand held the market in a narrow band. Indian API economics was the dominant driver all year.

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