[ 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
Hydromorphone Hydrochloride InjectionInjectionHikma Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.Analgesia/AddictionUnavailableCurrent2017-11-01
Cefotaxime Sodium Powder, for SolutionPowder, For SolutionHikma Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.Anti-InfectiveUnavailableCurrent2015-02-17
Fentanyl Citrate InjectionInjectionHikma Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.Analgesia/AddictionAvailableCurrent2023-12-20
Carboplatin InjectionInjectionHospira, Inc., a Pfizer CompanyOncologyUnavailableCurrent2023-04-28
Clindamycin Phosphate InjectionInjectionPfizer Inc.Anti-InfectiveLimitedCurrent2023-03-21
Carboplatin InjectionInjectionHospira, Inc., a Pfizer CompanyOncologyLimitedCurrent2023-04-28
Furosemide InjectionInjectionHospira, Inc., a Pfizer CompanyCardiovascularUnavailableCurrent2020-04-07
Carboplatin InjectionInjectionHospira, Inc., a Pfizer CompanyOncologyLimitedCurrent2023-04-28
Clindamycin Phosphate InjectionInjectionSandoz Inc.Anti-InfectiveUnavailableCurrent2023-03-21
Ketorolac Tromethamine InjectionInjectionHospira, Inc., a Pfizer CompanyAnalgesia/AddictionUnavailableCurrent2018-03-26
Furosemide InjectionInjectionHospira, Inc., a Pfizer CompanyCardiovascularUnavailableCurrent2020-04-07
Clindamycin Phosphate InjectionInjectionPfizer Inc.Anti-InfectiveAvailableCurrent2023-03-21
Carboplatin InjectionInjectionHospira, Inc., a Pfizer CompanyOncologyUnavailableCurrent2023-04-28
Ketorolac Tromethamine InjectionInjectionHospira, Inc., a Pfizer CompanyAnalgesia/AddictionUnavailableCurrent2018-03-26
Furosemide InjectionInjectionHospira, Inc., a Pfizer CompanyCardiovascularUnavailableCurrent2020-04-07
Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate CapsuleCapsuleSpecGx LLCPsychiatryLimitedCurrent2023-07-14
Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate CapsuleCapsuleSpecGx LLCPsychiatryAvailableCurrent2023-07-14
Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate CapsuleCapsuleSpecGx LLCPsychiatryAvailableCurrent2023-07-14
Azacitidine InjectionInjectionDr. Reddy's Laboratories, Inc.OncologyAvailableCurrent2020-12-18
Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate CapsuleCapsuleSpecGx LLCPsychiatryAvailableCurrent2023-07-14
Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate CapsuleCapsuleSpecGx LLCPsychiatryAvailableCurrent2023-07-14
Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate CapsuleCapsuleSpecGx LLCPsychiatryAvailableCurrent2023-07-14
Amphetamine Aspartate Monohydrate, Amphetamine Sulfate, Dextroamphetamine Saccharate, Dextroamphetamine Sulfate TabletTabletSpecGx LLCPsychiatryLimitedCurrent2022-10-12
Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate CapsuleCapsuleSpecGx LLCPsychiatryAvailableCurrent2023-07-14
Dexmedetomidine Hydrochloride InjectionInjectionJiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.AnesthesiaAvailableCurrent2020-04-10
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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).