[ 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
Amphetamine Aspartate Monohydrate, Amphetamine Sulfate, Dextroamphetamine Saccharate, Dextroamphetamine Sulfate TabletTabletEpic Pharma, LLCPsychiatryLimitedCurrent2022-10-12
Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate CapsuleCapsuleAlvogenPsychiatryAvailableCurrent2023-07-14
Rifampin CapsuleCapsuleEpic Pharma, LLCAnti-InfectiveAvailableCurrent2021-12-22
Rifampin CapsuleCapsuleEpic Pharma, LLCAnti-InfectiveAvailableCurrent2021-12-22
Dextrose Monohydrate 50% InjectionInjectionAmphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Endocrinology/MetabolismAvailableCurrent2022-01-13
Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate CapsuleCapsuleAlvogenPsychiatryAvailableCurrent2023-07-14
Rifampin CapsuleCapsuleEpic Pharma, LLCAnti-InfectiveUnavailableCurrent2021-12-22
Echothiophate Iodide Ophthalmic SolutionOphthalmic SolutionFera PharmaceuticalsOphthalmologyAvailableCurrent2019-09-24
Lidocaine Hydrochloride InjectionInjectionAmphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.AnesthesiaLimitedCurrent2012-02-22
Desmopressin Acetate SpraySprayApotex Corp.HematologyLimitedCurrent2021-03-12
Morphine Sulfate InjectionInjectionAmphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Analgesia/AddictionAvailableCurrent2018-12-06
Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate CapsuleCapsuleAlvogenPsychiatryAvailableCurrent2023-07-14
Midazolam Hydrochloride InjectionInjectionAvet Pharmaceuticals, Inc.AnesthesiaUnavailableCurrent2020-04-02
Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate CapsuleCapsuleAlvogenPsychiatryAvailableCurrent2023-07-14
Furosemide InjectionInjectionAvet Pharmaceuticals, Inc.CardiovascularAvailableCurrent2020-04-07
Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate CapsuleCapsuleApotex Corp.PsychiatryUnavailableCurrent2023-11-01
Furosemide InjectionInjectionAvet Pharmaceuticals, Inc.CardiovascularLimitedCurrent2020-04-07
Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate CapsuleCapsuleApotex Corp.PsychiatryAvailableCurrent2023-11-01
Amphetamine Aspartate Monohydrate, Amphetamine Sulfate, Dextroamphetamine Saccharate, Dextroamphetamine Sulfate TabletTabletAlvogenPsychiatryAvailableCurrent2022-10-12
Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate CapsuleCapsuleAlvogenPsychiatryAvailableCurrent2023-07-14
Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate CapsuleCapsuleApotex Corp.PsychiatryAvailableCurrent2023-11-01
Rifampin CapsuleCapsuleEpic Pharma, LLCAnti-InfectiveUnavailableCurrent2021-12-22
Lorazepam InjectionInjectionAmphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.NeurologyAvailableCurrent2018-05-03
Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate CapsuleCapsuleApotex Corp.PsychiatryAvailableCurrent2023-11-01
Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate CapsuleCapsuleAlvogenPsychiatryAvailableCurrent2023-07-14
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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).