[ 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
Carbamazepine Capsule, Extended ReleaseCapsule, Extended ReleaseTakeda Pharmaceuticals USA Inc.Neurology—To Be Discontinued2025-12-19
Carbamazepine Capsule, Extended ReleaseCapsule, Extended ReleaseTakeda Pharmaceuticals USA Inc.Neurology—To Be Discontinued2025-12-19
Doxercalciferol InjectionInjectionSanofi-Aventis U.S. LLCEndocrinology/Metabolism—To Be Discontinued2025-12-10
Spironolactone TabletTabletPfizer Inc.Cardiovascular—To Be Discontinued2025-12-10
Spironolactone TabletTabletPfizer Inc.Cardiovascular—To Be Discontinued2025-12-10
Doxercalciferol InjectionInjectionSanofi-Aventis U.S. LLCEndocrinology/Metabolism—To Be Discontinued2025-12-10
Doxercalciferol InjectionInjectionSanofi-Aventis U.S. LLCEndocrinology/Metabolism—To Be Discontinued2025-12-10
Ampicillin Sodium InjectionInjectionSandoz Inc.Anti-Infective—To Be Discontinued2025-12-08
Ampicillin Sodium InjectionInjectionSandoz Inc.Anti-Infective—To Be Discontinued2025-12-08
Ampicillin Sodium InjectionInjectionSandoz Inc.Anti-Infective—To Be Discontinued2025-12-08
Ampicillin Sodium InjectionInjectionSandoz Inc.Anti-Infective—To Be Discontinued2025-12-08
Ampicillin Sodium InjectionInjectionSandoz Inc.Anti-Infective—To Be Discontinued2025-12-08
Calcitriol CapsuleCapsuleTeva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.Endocrinology/Metabolism—To Be Discontinued2025-12-04
Calcitriol CapsuleCapsuleTeva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.Endocrinology/Metabolism—To Be Discontinued2025-12-04
Sodium Chloride 0.9% InjectionInjectionHospira, Inc., a Pfizer CompanyGastroenterology—To Be Discontinued2025-12-03
Sodium Chloride 0.9% InjectionInjectionHospira, Inc., a Pfizer CompanyGastroenterology—To Be Discontinued2025-12-03
Sodium Chloride 0.9% InjectionInjectionHospira, Inc., a Pfizer CompanyGastroenterology—To Be Discontinued2025-12-03
Posaconazole InjectionInjectionMerck Sharp & Dohme Corp.Anti-Infective—To Be Discontinued2025-12-02
Phenoxybenzamine Hydrochloride CapsuleCapsuleAdvanz Pharma (US) Corp.Cardiovascular—To Be Discontinued2025-12-01
Phenoxybenzamine Hydrochloride CapsuleCapsuleAdvanz Pharma (US) Corp.Cardiovascular—To Be Discontinued2025-12-01
Nilutamide TabletTabletAdvanz Pharma (US) Corp.Oncology—To Be Discontinued2025-12-01
Phenoxybenzamine Hydrochloride CapsuleCapsuleAdvanz Pharma (US) Corp.Cardiovascular—To Be Discontinued2025-12-01
Nilutamide TabletTabletAdvanz Pharma (US) Corp.Oncology—To Be Discontinued2025-12-01
Potassium Chloride Tablet, Extended ReleaseTabletTeva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.Endocrinology/Metabolism—To Be Discontinued2025-11-21
Verapamil Hydrochloride InjectionInjectionPfizer Inc.Cardiovascular—To Be Discontinued2025-11-21
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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).