[ 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
Dexmedetomidine Hydrochloride InjectionInjectionAccord Healthcare Inc.Anesthesia—To Be Discontinued2026-04-21
Ketorolac Tromethamine TabletTabletMylan Pharmaceuticals Inc., a Viatris CompanyAnalgesia/Addiction—To Be Discontinued2026-04-20
Rifampin InjectionInjectionSanofi-Aventis U.S. LLCAnti-Infective—To Be Discontinued2026-04-20
Tiagabine Hydrochloride TabletTabletTeva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.Neurology—To Be Discontinued2026-04-15
Tiagabine Hydrochloride TabletTabletTeva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.Neurology—To Be Discontinued2026-04-15
Tiagabine Hydrochloride TabletTabletTeva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.Neurology—To Be Discontinued2026-04-15
Tiagabine Hydrochloride TabletTabletTeva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.Neurology—To Be Discontinued2026-04-15
Nitroglycerin OintmentOintmentAbbVie Inc.Analgesia/Addiction—To Be Discontinued2026-04-14
Nitrofurantoin Oral SuspensionOral SuspensionAmneal PharmaceuticalsAnti-Infective—To Be Discontinued2026-04-10
Azithromycin TabletTabletPfizer Inc.Anti-Infective—To Be Discontinued2026-04-09
Azithromycin TabletTabletPfizer Inc.Anti-Infective—To Be Discontinued2026-04-09
Aprepitant Oral Powder for SuspensionMerck Sharp & Dohme LLCGastroenterology—To Be Discontinued2026-04-08
Fosaprepitant Dimeglumine InjectionInjectionFresenius Kabi USA, LLCGastroenterology—To Be Discontinued2026-04-08
Idelalisib TabletTabletGilead Sciences, Inc.Oncology—To Be Discontinued2026-04-07
Idelalisib TabletTabletGilead Sciences, Inc.Oncology—To Be Discontinued2026-04-07
Ursodiol CapsuleCapsuleStrides Pharma Inc.Other—To Be Discontinued2026-04-06
Icosapent Ethyl CapsuleCapsuleApotex Corp.Cardiovascular—To Be Discontinued2026-04-01
Icosapent Ethyl CapsuleCapsuleApotex Corp.Cardiovascular—To Be Discontinued2026-04-01
Dapsone GelGelAmneal PharmaceuticalsDermatology—To Be Discontinued2026-03-27
Progesterone Vaginal GelVaginal GelAbbVie Inc.Urology—To Be Discontinued2026-03-27
Tazemetostat Hydrobromide TabletTabletEpizyme, Inc. (An Ipsen Company)Oncology—To Be Discontinued2026-03-27
Lincomycin Hydrochloride InjectionInjectionXGen Pharmaceuticals DJB, Inc.Anti-Infective—To Be Discontinued2026-03-26
Clindamycin Palmitate Hydrochloride InjectionInjectionAmneal PharmaceuticalsAnti-Infective—To Be Discontinued2026-03-26
Lincomycin Hydrochloride InjectionInjectionXGen Pharmaceuticals DJB, Inc.Anti-Infective—To Be Discontinued2026-03-26
Nebivolol Hydrochloride TabletTabletTorrent Pharmaceuticals LimitedCardiovascular—To Be Discontinued2026-03-25
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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).