Drug Shortages | Additional News and Information
News
- Pharmaceutical Associates, Inc. (PAI) Dear Healthcare Provider Letter: Dropper Temporarily Unavailable for Fluphenazine HCl Oral Solution (Concentrate) USP, 5 mg/mL (PDF - 264 KB)
- Expiration date extension: February 2022 to February 2023 for LANOXIN® (digoxin) tablets; Strength: 62.5 mcg (0.0625 mg); Lot# AL0071A; NDC# 59212-240-55 (bottle of 100s) - Dear Healthcare Professional Letter (PDF - 157 KB)
- Alternate Source for Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) for CREON® (pancrelipase) 24,000 Lipase Unit Capsules – DHCP (PDF - 140KB)
- 2019-2020 Influenza Season: Availability of Antiviral Medications (PDF - 122KB)
- FDA notifies health care professionals that Becton-Dickinson replaced problematic rubber stoppers in its syringes
- Small-Volume Parenteral Solutions Shortages: Suggestions for Management and Conservation (PDF - 153 KB).
- Compiled by ASHP and the University of Utah Drug Information Service, 10/18/2017
- Drug Shortage Assistance Award
- Non-Compliance with Notification Requirement
- Updated: 3/18/2022
- Lists of Products in Shortage with Extended Use Date
- Federal Register Notice: Permanent Discontinuance or Interruption in Manufacturing of Certain Drug or Biological Products
- Obama Administration Takes Action to Reduce Prescription Drug Shortages, Fight Price Gouging (press release, 10/31/2011)
- Obama Administration Takes Action to Reduce Prescription Drug Shortages in the U.S. (fact sheet)
Reports to Congress
- Ninth Annual Report on Drug Shortages for Calendar Year 2021 (PDF - 462KB)
- Eighth Annual Report on Drug Shortages for Calendar Year 2020 (PDF - 204 KB)
- Seventh Annual Report on Drug Shortages for Calendar Year 2019 (PDF - 279 KB)
- Sixth Annual Report on Drug Shortages for Calendar Year 2018 (PDF - 400 KB)
- Fifth Annual Report on Drug Shortages for Calendar Year 2017 (PDF - 7 MB)
- Fourth Annual Report on Drug Shortages for Calendar Year 2016 (PDF - 5 MB)
- Third Annual Report on Drug Shortages for Calendar Year 2015 (PDF - 268 KB)
- Second Annual Report on Drug Shortages for Calendar Year 2014 (FDA Archive)
- First Annual Report on Drug Shortages for Calendar Year 2013 (FDA Archive)
Resources for You
- Drug Shortages Infographic
- Graphic - A Drug Supply Chain Example
- General Drug Shortages Questions and Answers
- Managing Drug Shortages
FDA Drug Info Rounds Video
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
- ASHP: Drug Shortages
- ASHP Guidelines on Managing Drug Product Shortages in Hospitals and Health Systems
Strategic Plan, Policies, and Executive Order
- Strategic Plan for Preventing and Mitigating Drug Shortages (PDF - 381 KB)
- Drug Shortage Manual of Policies and Procedures (MaPP) (PDF - 1 MB)
- Members of the Drug Shortages Task Force
- Executive Order -- Reducing Prescription Drug Shortages
Additional Information
- Economic Analysis of the Causes of Drug Shortages (HHS)
- CBER-Regulated Products: Shortages and Discontinuations
- Animal Drug Shortage Information
This page contains up-to-date information on potential, current, and resolved shortages of animal drugs.