[ 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
Etomidate InjectionInjectionEugia US LLCAnesthesiaUnavailableCurrent2022-10-05
Albuterol Sulfate SolutionSolutionRitedose Pharmaceuticals, LLCPediatricAvailableCurrent2022-10-25
Dextrose Monohydrate 5% InjectionInjectionBaxter HealthcareEndocrinology/MetabolismAvailableCurrent2022-02-14
Amino Acid InjectionInjectionBaxter HealthcareGastroenterologyAvailableCurrent2020-12-08
Ketorolac Tromethamine InjectionInjectionBaxter HealthcareAnalgesia/AddictionUnavailableCurrent2018-06-06
Amino Acid InjectionInjectionBaxter HealthcareGastroenterologyUnavailableCurrent2020-12-08
Clindamycin Phosphate InjectionInjectionBaxter HealthcareAnti-InfectiveUnavailableCurrent2023-03-21
Dextrose Monohydrate 70% InjectionInjectionBaxter HealthcareEndocrinology/MetabolismLimitedCurrent2024-10-11
Ifosfamide InjectionInjectionBaxter HealthcareOncologyUnavailableCurrent2026-06-12
Rocuronium Bromide InjectionInjectionBaxter HealthcareAnesthesiaAvailableCurrent2023-02-15
Clindamycin Phosphate InjectionInjectionBaxter HealthcareAnti-InfectiveUnavailableCurrent2023-03-21
Sterile Water IrrigantIrrigantBaxter HealthcareGastroenterologyUnavailableCurrent2023-04-28
Metronidazole InjectionInjectionBaxter HealthcareAnti-InfectiveAvailableCurrent2022-01-13
Amino Acid InjectionInjectionBaxter HealthcareGastroenterologyAvailableCurrent2020-12-08
Amino Acid InjectionInjectionBaxter HealthcareGastroenterologyAvailableCurrent2020-12-08
Clindamycin Phosphate InjectionInjectionBaxter HealthcareAnti-InfectiveLimitedCurrent2023-03-21
Rocuronium Bromide InjectionInjectionBaxter HealthcareAnesthesiaAvailableCurrent2023-02-15
Furosemide InjectionInjectionBaxter HealthcareCardiovascularAvailableCurrent2020-04-07
Lidocaine Hydrochloride InjectionInjectionBaxter HealthcareCardiovascularAvailableCurrent2017-10-25
Ifosfamide InjectionInjectionBaxter HealthcareOncologyUnavailableCurrent2026-06-12
Lidocaine Hydrochloride InjectionInjectionBaxter HealthcareCardiovascularAvailableCurrent2017-10-25
Dexmedetomidine Hydrochloride InjectionInjectionBaxter HealthcareAnesthesiaAvailableCurrent2020-04-10
Dobutamine Hydrochloride InjectionInjectionBaxter HealthcareCardiovascularAvailableCurrent2017-11-06
Heparin Sodium InjectionInjectionBaxter HealthcareHematologyAvailableCurrent2017-11-14
Ifosfamide InjectionInjectionBaxter HealthcareOncologyUnavailableCurrent2026-06-12
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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).