[ 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
Amino Acid InjectionInjectionBaxter HealthcareGastroenterologyAvailableCurrent2020-12-08
Ifosfamide InjectionInjectionBaxter HealthcareOncologyUnavailableCurrent2026-06-12
Clindamycin Phosphate InjectionInjectionBaxter HealthcareAnti-InfectiveLimitedCurrent2023-03-21
Dextrose Monohydrate 70% InjectionInjectionBaxter HealthcareEndocrinology/MetabolismLimitedCurrent2024-10-11
Ketorolac Tromethamine InjectionInjectionBaxter HealthcareAnalgesia/AddictionUnavailableCurrent2018-06-06
Dexmedetomidine Hydrochloride InjectionInjectionBaxter HealthcareAnesthesiaAvailableCurrent2020-04-10
Dextrose Monohydrate 10% InjectionInjectionBaxter HealthcareEndocrinology/MetabolismAvailableCurrent2022-03-01
Dexmedetomidine Hydrochloride InjectionInjectionBaxter HealthcareAnesthesiaLimitedCurrent2020-04-10
Dopamine Hydrochloride InjectionInjectionBaxter HealthcareCardiovascularAvailableCurrent2017-11-06
Carboplatin InjectionInjectionAccord Healthcare Inc.OncologyUnavailableCurrent2023-04-28
Furosemide InjectionInjectionAccord Healthcare Inc.CardiovascularUnavailableCurrent2020-04-07
Sodium Acetate InjectionInjectionMilla PharmaceuticalsTotal Parenteral NutritionAvailableCurrent2016-03-23
Quinapril Hydrochloride TabletTabletLupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.CardiovascularUnavailableCurrent2023-01-19
Rifampin CapsuleCapsuleLupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Anti-InfectiveLimitedCurrent2021-12-22
Cromolyn Sodium ConcentrateConcentrateAilex PharmaceuticalsPulmonary/AllergyAvailableCurrent2023-11-03
Sodium Acetate InjectionInjectionMilla PharmaceuticalsTotal Parenteral NutritionAvailableCurrent2016-03-23
Tobramycin Sulfate InjectionInjectionHospira, Inc., a Pfizer CompanyAnti-Infective—To Be Discontinued2026-07-17
Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate CapsuleCapsuleMylan Pharmaceuticals Inc., a Viatris CompanyPsychiatryAvailableCurrent2023-07-14
Remifentanil Hydrochloride InjectionInjectionMylan Institutional, a Viatris CompanyAnalgesia/AddictionAvailableCurrent2022-06-28
Etomidate InjectionInjectionMylan Institutional, a Viatris CompanyAnesthesiaAvailableCurrent2022-10-05
Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate CapsuleCapsuleMylan Pharmaceuticals Inc., a Viatris CompanyPsychiatryAvailableCurrent2023-07-14
Cromolyn Sodium ConcentrateConcentrateAilex PharmaceuticalsPulmonary/AllergyLimitedCurrent2023-11-03
Rifampin CapsuleCapsuleLupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Anti-InfectiveLimitedCurrent2021-12-22
Remifentanil Hydrochloride InjectionInjectionMylan Institutional, a Viatris CompanyAnalgesia/AddictionAvailableCurrent2022-06-28
Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate CapsuleCapsuleMylan Pharmaceuticals Inc., a Viatris CompanyPsychiatryAvailableCurrent2023-07-14
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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).