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.
By initial FDA posting date. openFDA lists active shortages, so older cohorts thin as entries resolve.
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.
| Drug | Company | Therapeutic area | Availability | Status | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Etomidate InjectionInjection | Eugia US LLC | Anesthesia | Unavailable | Current | 2022-10-05 |
| Albuterol Sulfate SolutionSolution | Ritedose Pharmaceuticals, LLC | Pediatric | Available | Current | 2022-10-25 |
| Dextrose Monohydrate 5% InjectionInjection | Baxter Healthcare | Endocrinology/Metabolism | Available | Current | 2022-02-14 |
| Amino Acid InjectionInjection | Baxter Healthcare | Gastroenterology | Available | Current | 2020-12-08 |
| Ketorolac Tromethamine InjectionInjection | Baxter Healthcare | Analgesia/Addiction | Unavailable | Current | 2018-06-06 |
| Amino Acid InjectionInjection | Baxter Healthcare | Gastroenterology | Unavailable | Current | 2020-12-08 |
| Clindamycin Phosphate InjectionInjection | Baxter Healthcare | Anti-Infective | Unavailable | Current | 2023-03-21 |
| Dextrose Monohydrate 70% InjectionInjection | Baxter Healthcare | Endocrinology/Metabolism | Limited | Current | 2024-10-11 |
| Ifosfamide InjectionInjection | Baxter Healthcare | Oncology | Unavailable | Current | 2026-06-12 |
| Rocuronium Bromide InjectionInjection | Baxter Healthcare | Anesthesia | Available | Current | 2023-02-15 |
| Clindamycin Phosphate InjectionInjection | Baxter Healthcare | Anti-Infective | Unavailable | Current | 2023-03-21 |
| Sterile Water IrrigantIrrigant | Baxter Healthcare | Gastroenterology | Unavailable | Current | 2023-04-28 |
| Metronidazole InjectionInjection | Baxter Healthcare | Anti-Infective | Available | Current | 2022-01-13 |
| Amino Acid InjectionInjection | Baxter Healthcare | Gastroenterology | Available | Current | 2020-12-08 |
| Amino Acid InjectionInjection | Baxter Healthcare | Gastroenterology | Available | Current | 2020-12-08 |
| Clindamycin Phosphate InjectionInjection | Baxter Healthcare | Anti-Infective | Limited | Current | 2023-03-21 |
| Rocuronium Bromide InjectionInjection | Baxter Healthcare | Anesthesia | Available | Current | 2023-02-15 |
| Furosemide InjectionInjection | Baxter Healthcare | Cardiovascular | Available | Current | 2020-04-07 |
| Lidocaine Hydrochloride InjectionInjection | Baxter Healthcare | Cardiovascular | Available | Current | 2017-10-25 |
| Ifosfamide InjectionInjection | Baxter Healthcare | Oncology | Unavailable | Current | 2026-06-12 |
| Lidocaine Hydrochloride InjectionInjection | Baxter Healthcare | Cardiovascular | Available | Current | 2017-10-25 |
| Dexmedetomidine Hydrochloride InjectionInjection | Baxter Healthcare | Anesthesia | Available | Current | 2020-04-10 |
| Dobutamine Hydrochloride InjectionInjection | Baxter Healthcare | Cardiovascular | Available | Current | 2017-11-06 |
| Heparin Sodium InjectionInjection | Baxter Healthcare | Hematology | Available | Current | 2017-11-14 |
| Ifosfamide InjectionInjection | Baxter Healthcare | Oncology | Unavailable | Current | 2026-06-12 |
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).