FDA Drug Shortages Monitor

Monitor FDA drug shortages — current and resolved, by generic, brand and manufacturer.

Public regulatory/health data — not medical advice.

📊 Sample Output

genericName	brandName	companyName	manufacturerName	status	availability
Ropivacaine Hydrochloride Injection	NAROPIN	Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC	Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC	Current	Available
Morphine Sulfate Injection	MORPHINE SULFATE	Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC	Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC	Current	Unavailable
Lidocaine Hydrochloride Injection	LIDOCAINE HYDROCHLORIDE	Hospira, Inc., a Pfizer Company	Hospira, Inc.	Current	Unavailable
Midazolam Hydrochloride Injection	MIDAZOLAM	Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC	Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC	Current	Unavailable
Lidocaine Hydrochloride Injection	LIDOCAINE HYDROCHLORIDE	Eugia US LLC	Eugia US LLC	Current	Unavailable
Dexmedetomidine Hydrochloride Injection	DEXMEDETOMIDINE HYDROCHLORIDE	Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC	Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC	Current	Unavailable

Real rows from run cSZ96ZdnAikec6WjV on build 0.0.10 (2026-09-25), unedited apart from masked emails/phones and shortened long text; fields the source does not publish are empty.

⚙️ Sample inputs

This is the Store example input — the same input Apify's automated check runs — so it is proven to return rows on the current build. Paste it into the input form, or send it through the API, CLI or a schedule:

{
  "onlyCurrentShortages": false,
  "maxResults": 2000
}

🔧 Input reference

Field	Type	Default	What it does
genericName	string		Filter by drug generic name (e.g. 'amoxicillin').
companyName	string		Filter by manufacturer/company name.
therapeuticCategory	string		e.g. 'Oncology', 'Anesthesia'.
dosageForm	string		e.g. 'Injection', 'Tablet'.
status	string		Filter by status text (e.g. 'Current', 'Resolved').
onlyCurrentShortages	boolean	false	Exclude resolved/discontinued records.
maxResults	integer	2000	Max records to return.

🧾 JSON sample record

One real record from run cSZ96ZdnAikec6WjV (emails/phones masked, long text shortened):

{
  "genericName": "Ropivacaine Hydrochloride Injection",
  "brandName": "NAROPIN",
  "companyName": "Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC",
  "manufacturerName": "Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC",
  "status": "Current",
  "availability": "Available",
  "updateType": "Reverified",
  "therapeuticCategory": [
    "Anesthesia"
  ],
  "dosageForm": "Injection",
  "presentation": "Naropin, Injection, 5 mg/1 mL (NDC 63323-286-00)",
  "packageNdc": "63323-286-00",
  "productNdc": [
    "63323-286",
    "63323-285",
    "63323-287",
    "63323-288"
  ],
  "route": [
    "EPIDURAL",
    "INFILTRATION",
    "PERINEURAL"
  ],
  "substanceName": [
    "ROPIVACAINE HYDROCHLORIDE"
  ],
  "applicationNumber": "NDA020533",
  "contactInfo": "888-386-1300",
  "initialPostingDate": "03/23/2018",
  "updateDate": "09/15/2026"
}

💰 Pricing

Event	Price (USD)	When it is charged
Drug shortage record (apify-default-dataset-item)	$0.1	Charged per result row returned.

Pay-per-event: you pay only for what the run delivers. A run that delivers nothing bills no result events (only the actor-start event, when the actor defines one). Example: a run that delivers 100 results costs 100 × $0.1 = $10.00 plus the start fee.

🔗 Related Actors

More from the NexGenData Healthcare & FDA family:

• Doctor Directory Lead Finder — Provider Contacts API
• FDA Adverse Events — FAERS & MAUDE Records API
• FDA Drug Approvals Tracker — NDA/BLA/ANDA API
• FDA Orange Book — Drug Patent & Exclusivity API
• FDA Pharma Pipeline Tracker — Milestone Data API
• FDA Purple Book — Biologics & Biosimilars API

15 more in this family on the NexGenData Store page.

⏰ Run this as a monitoring subscription (recommended)

Regulatory data is monitoring data. Schedule a weekly sweep (0 8 * * 1) and catch new records as they post — an always-on official-records feed.

📊 What you get

Clean JSON, one record per record (full output has 18 fields):

• genericName — Generic Name
• brandName — Brand Name
• companyName — Company Name
• manufacturerName — Manufacturer Name
• status — Status
• availability — Availability
• updateType — Update Type
• therapeuticCategory — Therapeutic Category
• dosageForm — Dosage Form
• presentation — Presentation

Pricing: $0.100 per record (Pay-Per-Event) — about 10 records per $1.

🤖 Use with AI agents

Point Claude, the OpenAI Agents SDK, an n8n flow or any MCP-aware client at it and pull official records on demand.

Agentic payments (x402): Supports agentic payment via x402 — agents can call this actor with USDC, no API key required.

🔗 Related regulatory actors

FDA & public-health records family:

OpenFDA Drug · Drug Approvals · Purple Book · Warning Letters/483 · Pharma Pipeline · Adverse Events · Medical Devices

Product-safety recalls: NHTSA Recalls · NHTSA Defects · NHTSA Safety · CPSC Recalls

Agent front door — Healthcare & FDA MCP: Healthcare & FDA MCP

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Public official records and enforcement data, assembled for research and monitoring.