[ 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
Piperacillin and Tazobactam InjectionInjectionFresenius Kabi USA, LLCAnti-Infective—To Be Discontinued2026-01-20
Adalimumab-adaz InjectionInjectionSandoz Inc.Rheumatology—To Be Discontinued2026-01-13
Adalimumab-adaz InjectionInjectionSandoz Inc.Rheumatology—To Be Discontinued2026-01-13
Adalimumab-adaz InjectionInjectionSandoz Inc.Rheumatology—To Be Discontinued2026-01-13
Adalimumab-adaz InjectionInjectionSandoz Inc.Rheumatology—To Be Discontinued2026-01-13
Adalimumab-adaz InjectionInjectionSandoz Inc.Rheumatology—To Be Discontinued2026-01-13
Doxycycline Hyclate TabletTabletMylan Pharmaceuticals Inc., a Viatris CompanyAnti-Infective—To Be Discontinued2026-01-12
Neostigmine Methylsulfate InjectionInjectionFresenius Kabi USA, LLCAnalgesia/Addiction—To Be Discontinued2026-01-12
Doxycycline Hyclate TabletTabletMylan Pharmaceuticals Inc., a Viatris CompanyAnti-Infective—To Be Discontinued2026-01-12
Doxylamine Succinate and Pyridoxine Hydrochloride Tablet, Delayed ReleaseTabletMylan Pharmaceuticals Inc., a Viatris CompanyOther—To Be Discontinued2026-01-12
Caspofungin Acetate InjectionInjectionFresenius Kabi USA, LLCAnti-Infective—To Be Discontinued2026-01-12
Haloperidol Decanoate InjectionInjectionFresenius Kabi USA, LLCPsychiatry—To Be Discontinued2026-01-09
Imipenem and Cilastatin InjectionInjectionMerck Sharp & Dohme Corp.Anti-Infective—To Be Discontinued2026-01-08
Everolimus TabletTabletEndo Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Transplant—To Be Discontinued2026-01-06
Everolimus TabletTabletEndo Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Transplant—To Be Discontinued2026-01-06
Everolimus TabletTabletEndo Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Transplant—To Be Discontinued2026-01-06
Everolimus TabletTabletEndo Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Transplant—To Be Discontinued2026-01-06
Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate TabletTabletTeva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.Anti-Infective—To Be Discontinued2026-01-05
Diltiazem Hydrochloride InjectionInjectionHospira, Inc., a Pfizer CompanyCardiovascular—To Be Discontinued2026-01-05
Sodium Oxybate SolutionSolutionAmneal PharmaceuticalsPsychiatry—To Be Discontinued2025-12-29
Morphine Sulfate TabletTabletUpsher-Smith Laboratories, LLCAnalgesia/Addiction—To Be Discontinued2025-12-22
Mirikizumab-mrkz InjectionInjectionEli Lilly and Co.Gastroenterology—To Be Discontinued2025-12-22
Morphine Sulfate TabletTabletUpsher-Smith Laboratories, LLCAnalgesia/Addiction—To Be Discontinued2025-12-22
Mirikizumab-mrkz InjectionInjectionEli Lilly and Co.Gastroenterology—To Be Discontinued2025-12-22
Carbamazepine Capsule, Extended ReleaseCapsule, Extended ReleaseTakeda Pharmaceuticals USA Inc.Neurology—To Be Discontinued2025-12-19
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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).