The short version
8 companies supply this market — a reasonable cushion if one runs into trouble. One of its named manufacturing plants, Baxter Healthcare Corporation, failed FDA inspectionwithin the last two years — the agency’s most serious outcome. Historically, drugs in this position went on to a new shortage within 90 days about 0.4% of the time — roughly 3× the typical drug (0.1%).
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