[ 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
Rocuronium Bromide InjectionInjectionXGen Pharmaceuticals DJB, Inc.AnesthesiaAvailableCurrent2023-02-15
Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate CapsuleCapsuleTakeda Pharmaceuticals USA Inc.PsychiatryAvailableCurrent2023-07-14
Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate Tablet, ChewableTablet, ChewableTakeda Pharmaceuticals USA Inc.PsychiatryAvailableCurrent2023-07-14
Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate Tablet, ChewableTablet, ChewableTakeda Pharmaceuticals USA Inc.PsychiatryAvailableCurrent2023-07-14
Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate Tablet, ChewableTablet, ChewableTakeda Pharmaceuticals USA Inc.PsychiatryAvailableCurrent2023-07-14
Promethazine Hydrochloride InjectionInjectionXGen Pharmaceuticals DJB, Inc.Analgesia/AddictionAvailableCurrent2023-11-21
Rifapentine Tablet, Film CoatedTabletSanofi-Aventis U.S. LLCAnti-InfectiveAvailableCurrent2020-03-25
Rifampin InjectionInjectionSanofi-Aventis U.S. LLCAnti-InfectiveUnavailableCurrent2021-02-17
Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate CapsuleCapsuleAmneal PharmaceuticalsPsychiatryAvailableCurrent2023-07-14
Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate CapsuleCapsuleAmneal PharmaceuticalsPsychiatryAvailableCurrent2023-07-14
Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate CapsuleCapsuleAmneal PharmaceuticalsPsychiatryAvailableCurrent2023-07-14
Methylprednisolone Acetate InjectionInjectionAmneal PharmaceuticalsRheumatologyAvailableCurrent2021-12-15
Dexmedetomidine Hydrochloride InjectionInjectionAmneal PharmaceuticalsAnesthesiaAvailableCurrent2020-04-10
Emtricitabine Oral SolutionOral SolutionGilead Sciences, Inc.Anti-Infective—To Be Discontinued2026-06-17
Dexmedetomidine Hydrochloride InjectionInjectionAmneal PharmaceuticalsAnesthesiaAvailableCurrent2020-04-10
Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate CapsuleCapsuleAmneal PharmaceuticalsPsychiatryAvailableCurrent2023-07-14
Methylprednisolone Acetate InjectionInjectionAmneal PharmaceuticalsRheumatologyAvailableCurrent2021-12-15
Emtricitabine CapsuleCapsuleGilead Sciences, Inc.Anti-Infective—To Be Discontinued2026-06-17
Dexmedetomidine Hydrochloride InjectionInjectionAmneal PharmaceuticalsAnesthesiaAvailableCurrent2020-04-10
Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate CapsuleCapsuleAmneal PharmaceuticalsPsychiatryAvailableCurrent2023-07-14
Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate CapsuleCapsuleAmneal PharmaceuticalsPsychiatryAvailableCurrent2023-07-14
Etomidate InjectionInjectionCaplin Steriles, Ltd.AnesthesiaAvailableCurrent2022-10-05
Etomidate InjectionInjectionCaplin Steriles, Ltd.AnesthesiaAvailableCurrent2022-10-05
Etomidate InjectionInjectionCaplin Steriles, Ltd.AnesthesiaAvailableCurrent2022-10-05
Etomidate InjectionInjectionCaplin Steriles, Ltd.AnesthesiaAvailableCurrent2022-10-05
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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).