[ FDA DRUG SHORTAGES TRACKER ]

A drug shortage is a quality failure with a body count.

Live FDA drug shortage data (openFDA), grouped by status, availability, and therapeutic area. The FDA’s own root-cause analysis puts manufacturing and quality problems at the centre of the shortage crisis — which is why SPEQ treats the shortage list as a quality-system signal, not just a supply-chain one.

1,000
Active shortages tracked
789
Current
205
To be discontinued
196
Flagged unavailable
20% flagged unavailable · latest update 2026-07-27 · source: openFDA drug/shortages
NEW SHORTAGES POSTED · MONTHLY

By initial FDA posting date. openFDA lists active shortages, so older cohorts thin as entries resolve.

ACTIVE SHORTAGES BY THERAPEUTIC CATEGORY · TOP 10
WHY THIS SITS UNDER QUALITY, NOT LOGISTICS

The FDA’s 2019 report Drug Shortages: Root Causes and Potential Solutions found the dominant drivers are not scarcity of raw materials but a lack of incentives to produce, and manufacturing/quality problems that force production to stop. Mature quality systems — the difference a QMM assessment measures — are what keep a line running.

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1,166 matching shortages
DrugCompanyTherapeutic areaAvailabilityStatusPosted
Ketorolac Tromethamine InjectionInjectionFresenius Kabi USA, LLCAnalgesia/AddictionUnavailableCurrent2018-03-23
Hydromorphone Hydrochloride InjectionInjectionFresenius Kabi USA, LLCAnalgesia/AddictionAvailableCurrent2017-11-01
Rocuronium Bromide InjectionInjectionFresenius Kabi USA, LLCAnesthesiaAvailableCurrent2023-02-15
Furosemide InjectionInjectionFresenius Kabi USA, LLCCardiovascularAvailableCurrent2020-04-07
Ropivacaine Hydrochloride InjectionInjectionFresenius Kabi USA, LLCAnesthesiaUnavailableCurrent2018-03-23
Atropine Sulfate InjectionInjectionFresenius Kabi USA, LLCAnesthesiaAvailableCurrent2012-01-01
Atropine Sulfate InjectionInjectionSomerset Therapeutics, LLCAnesthesiaAvailableCurrent2012-01-01
Ropivacaine Hydrochloride InjectionInjectionEugia US LLCAnesthesiaUnavailableCurrent2018-03-23
Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate InjectionInjectionSomerset Therapeutics, LLCDermatologyAvailableCurrent2019-02-08
Ropivacaine Hydrochloride InjectionInjectionEugia US LLCAnesthesiaUnavailableCurrent2018-03-23
Carboplatin InjectionInjectionEugia US LLCOncologyUnavailableCurrent2023-04-28
Dexmedetomidine Hydrochloride InjectionInjectionEugia US LLCAnesthesiaAvailableCurrent2020-04-10
Bupivacaine Hydrochloride InjectionInjectionEugia US LLCAnesthesiaAvailableCurrent2018-02-20
Lidocaine Hydrochloride InjectionInjectionEugia US LLCAnesthesiaUnavailableCurrent2018-02-20
Bupivacaine Hydrochloride InjectionInjectionSomerset Therapeutics, LLCAnesthesiaAvailableCurrent2018-02-20
Ropivacaine Hydrochloride InjectionInjectionSomerset Therapeutics, LLCAnesthesiaAvailableCurrent2018-03-23
Dexmedetomidine Hydrochloride InjectionInjectionSomerset Therapeutics, LLCAnesthesiaAvailableCurrent2020-04-10
Dexmedetomidine Hydrochloride InjectionInjectionEugia US LLCAnesthesiaAvailableCurrent2020-04-10
Cromolyn Sodium ConcentrateConcentrateMylan Specialty, a Viatris CompanyPulmonary/AllergyAvailableCurrent2023-11-03
Ropivacaine Hydrochloride InjectionInjectionSomerset Therapeutics, LLCAnesthesiaAvailableCurrent2018-03-23
Ropivacaine Hydrochloride InjectionInjectionSomerset Therapeutics, LLCAnesthesiaAvailableCurrent2018-03-23
Rocuronium Bromide InjectionInjectionEugia US LLCAnesthesiaAvailableCurrent2023-02-15
Flurazepam Hydrochloride CapsuleCapsuleChartwell Molecular Holdings LLCOncologyAvailableCurrent2022-08-03
Bupivacaine Hydrochloride InjectionInjectionSomerset Therapeutics, LLCAnesthesiaAvailableCurrent2018-02-20
Furosemide InjectionInjectionEugia US LLCCardiovascularUnavailableCurrent2020-04-07
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Data: U.S. FDA openFDA drug/shortages API, which lists activeshortages (Current or To Be Discontinued) — it carries no per-record cause field, so SPEQ makes no root-cause claim on individual drugs; the quality framing above is cited FDA context. openFDA publishes shortage data for drugs only; SPEQ’s cross-industry coverage lives in the recall Explorer(drug, device & food).