[ 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
Dexmedetomidine Hydrochloride InjectionInjectionPar Health, USA LLCAnesthesiaUnavailableCurrent2020-04-10
Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate CapsuleCapsuleApotex Corp.PsychiatryUnavailableCurrent2023-11-01
Sodium Bicarbonate InjectionInjectionAmphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Endocrinology/MetabolismLimitedCurrent2017-03-01
Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate CapsuleCapsuleAlvogenPsychiatryAvailableCurrent2023-07-14
Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate CapsuleCapsuleAlvogenPsychiatryAvailableCurrent2023-07-14
Dextrose Monohydrate 50% InjectionInjectionAmphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Endocrinology/MetabolismAvailableCurrent2022-01-13
Rifampin CapsuleCapsuleEpic Pharma, LLCAnti-InfectiveUnavailableCurrent2021-12-22
Carboplatin InjectionInjectionAvyxa Pharma, LLCOncologyAvailableCurrent2023-04-28
Hydromorphone Hydrochloride InjectionInjectionTeva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.Analgesia/AddictionAvailableCurrent2017-11-01
Clonazepam TabletTabletTeva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.NeurologyAvailableCurrent2023-03-10
Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate CapsuleCapsuleElite Laboratories, Inc.PsychiatryLimitedCurrent2023-07-14
Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate CapsuleCapsuleLannett Company, Inc.PsychiatryAvailableCurrent2023-07-14
Methylphenidate Hydrochloride Tablet, Extended ReleaseTabletTeva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.PsychiatryLimitedCurrent2023-07-26
Carboplatin InjectionInjectionTeyro LabsOncologyUnavailableCurrent2023-04-28
Clonazepam TabletTabletTeva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.NeurologyLimitedCurrent2023-03-10
Methylphenidate Hydrochloride Tablet, Extended ReleaseTabletVertical Pharmaceuticals, LLCPsychiatryAvailableCurrent2023-07-26
Quinapril Hydrochloride TabletTabletChartwell Molecular Holdings LLCCardiovascularAvailableCurrent2023-01-19
Amphetamine Aspartate Monohydrate, Amphetamine Sulfate, Dextroamphetamine Saccharate, Dextroamphetamine Sulfate TabletTabletOryza Pharmaceuticals Inc.PsychiatryUnavailableCurrent2022-10-12
Dexmedetomidine Hydrochloride InjectionInjectionAzurity Pharmaceuticals, IncAnesthesiaAvailableCurrent2020-04-10
Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate CapsuleCapsuleLannett Company, Inc.PsychiatryAvailableCurrent2023-07-14
Amphetamine Aspartate Monohydrate, Amphetamine Sulfate, Dextroamphetamine Saccharate, Dextroamphetamine Sulfate TabletTabletTeva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.PsychiatryAvailableCurrent2022-10-12
Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate CapsuleCapsuleElite Laboratories, Inc.PsychiatryLimitedCurrent2023-07-14
Clonazepam TabletTabletCheplapharm Arzneimittel GmbHNeurologyAvailableCurrent2023-03-10
Quinapril Hydrochloride TabletTabletChartwell Molecular Holdings LLCCardiovascularAvailableCurrent2023-01-19
Peginterferon alfa-2a InjectionInjectionpharmaand GmbH (pharma&)AntiviralAvailableCurrent2025-01-24
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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).