[ 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
852
Current
147
To be discontinued
212
Flagged unavailable
21% flagged unavailable · latest update 2026-07-30 · 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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1,178 matching shortages
DrugCompanyTherapeutic areaAvailabilityStatusPosted
Clonazepam TabletTabletRubicon Research Private LimitedNeurologyAvailableCurrent2023-03-10
Carboplatin InjectionInjectionTeyro LabsOncology—To Be Discontinued2026-06-01
Clonazepam TabletTabletRubicon Research Private LimitedNeurologyAvailableCurrent2023-03-10
Triamcinolone Hexacetonide InjectionInjectionMedexusRheumatologyUnavailableCurrent2021-05-04
Dehydrated Alcohol Injection, SolutionInjectionAccord Healthcare Inc.Cardiovascular—To Be Discontinued2026-05-27
Iron Sucrose InjectionInjectionMylan Institutional, a Viatris CompanyHematology—To Be Discontinued2026-05-21
Gadoterate Meglumine InjectionInjectionJiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.Medical Imaging—To Be Discontinued2026-05-21
Alteplase InjectionInjectionGenentech, IncCardiovascular—To Be Discontinued2026-05-21
Ketorolac Tromethamine InjectionInjectionAlembic PharmaceuticalsAnalgesia/AddictionAvailableCurrent2018-03-23
Lidocaine Hydrochloride InjectionInjectionSpectra Medical Devices, LLCAnesthesiaUnavailableCurrent2018-06-14
Ketorolac Tromethamine InjectionInjectionAlembic PharmaceuticalsAnalgesia/AddictionAvailableCurrent2018-03-23
Activated Charcoal Oral SuspensionOral SuspensionPadagis US LLCOther—To Be Discontinued2026-05-15
Ketorolac Tromethamine InjectionInjectionAlembic PharmaceuticalsAnalgesia/AddictionAvailableCurrent2018-03-23
Activated Charcoal Oral SuspensionOral SuspensionPadagis US LLCOther—To Be Discontinued2026-05-15
Liraglutide InjectionInjectionTeva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.Endocrinology/Metabolism—To Be Discontinued2026-05-14
Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate CapsuleCapsuleHikma Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.PsychiatryLimitedCurrent2023-07-14
Dobutamine Hydrochloride InjectionInjectionHainan Poly Pharm. Co., Ltd.CardiovascularAvailableCurrent2017-11-06
Sulconazole Nitrate SolutionSolutionJourney Medical CorporationDermatology—To Be Discontinued2026-05-08
Sulconazole Nitrate SolutionSolutionJourney Medical CorporationDermatology—To Be Discontinued2026-05-08
Sulconazole Nitrate SolutionSolutionJourney Medical CorporationDermatology—To Be Discontinued2026-05-08
Icatibant Acetate InjectionInjectionFresenius Kabi USA, LLCHematology—To Be Discontinued2026-05-07
Cisatracurium Besylate InjectionInjectionHospira, Inc., a Pfizer CompanyAnalgesia/Addiction—To Be Discontinued2026-05-06
Streptozocin Powder, For SolutionPowder, For SolutionESTEVE PHARMACEUTICALS, S.A.OncologyAvailableCurrent2022-07-12
Cisatracurium Besylate InjectionInjectionHospira, Inc., a Pfizer CompanyAnalgesia/Addiction—To Be Discontinued2026-05-06
Bupivacaine Hydrochloride InjectionInjectionKindos Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd.AnesthesiaLimitedCurrent2018-02-20
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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).