[ 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
Hydroxocobalamin InjectionInjectionTeva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.OtherUnavailableCurrent2024-11-04
Carboplatin InjectionInjectionTeva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.OncologyLimitedCurrent2023-04-28
Amphetamine Aspartate Monohydrate, Amphetamine Sulfate, Dextroamphetamine Saccharate, Dextroamphetamine Sulfate TabletTabletTeva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.PsychiatryAvailableCurrent2022-10-12
Peginterferon alfa-2a InjectionInjectionpharmaand GmbH (pharma&)AntiviralUnavailableCurrent2025-01-24
Methylphenidate Hydrochloride Tablet, Extended ReleaseTabletVertical Pharmaceuticals, LLCPsychiatryAvailableCurrent2023-07-26
Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate CapsuleCapsuleLannett Company, Inc.PsychiatryAvailableCurrent2023-07-14
Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate CapsuleCapsuleTeva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.PsychiatryAvailableCurrent2023-07-14
Clonazepam TabletTabletTeva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.NeurologyLimitedCurrent2023-03-10
Clonazepam TabletTabletTeva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.NeurologyAvailableCurrent2023-03-10
Methylphenidate Hydrochloride Tablet, Extended ReleaseTabletVertical Pharmaceuticals, LLCPsychiatryAvailableCurrent2023-07-26
Amphetamine Aspartate Monohydrate, Amphetamine Sulfate, Dextroamphetamine Saccharate, Dextroamphetamine Sulfate TabletTabletTeva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.PsychiatryAvailableCurrent2022-10-12
Amphetamine Aspartate Monohydrate, Amphetamine Sulfate, Dextroamphetamine Saccharate, Dextroamphetamine Sulfate TabletTabletTeva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.PsychiatryAvailableCurrent2022-10-12
Hydroxocobalamin InjectionInjectionBTG International Inc.OtherAvailableCurrent2024-11-04
Atropine Sulfate InjectionInjectionMedefil, Inc.AnesthesiaAvailableCurrent2012-01-01
Carboplatin InjectionInjectionTeva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.OncologyLimitedCurrent2023-04-28
Amphetamine Aspartate Monohydrate, Amphetamine Sulfate, Dextroamphetamine Saccharate, Dextroamphetamine Sulfate TabletTabletTeva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.PsychiatryAvailableCurrent2022-10-12
Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate CapsuleCapsuleTeva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.PsychiatryAvailableCurrent2023-07-14
Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate CapsuleCapsuleTeva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.PsychiatryAvailableCurrent2023-07-14
Methylphenidate Hydrochloride Tablet, Extended ReleaseTabletVertical Pharmaceuticals, LLCPsychiatryAvailableCurrent2023-07-26
Clonazepam TabletTabletCheplapharm Arzneimittel GmbHNeurologyAvailableCurrent2023-03-10
Azacitidine InjectionInjectionTeva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.OncologyUnavailableCurrent2020-12-22
Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate CapsuleCapsuleLannett Company, Inc.PsychiatryAvailableCurrent2023-09-20
Clonazepam TabletTabletCheplapharm Arzneimittel GmbHNeurologyAvailableCurrent2023-03-10
Quinapril Hydrochloride TabletTabletChartwell Molecular Holdings LLCCardiovascularAvailableCurrent2023-01-19
Metronidazole InjectionInjectionInfoRLife SAAnti-InfectiveLimitedCurrent2022-01-13
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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).