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Metformin Hydrochloride

Metformin Hydrochloride · METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 500 mg/1 · Tablet, Film Coated · Oral · QPharma,Inc.

NDC 42708-0203-60 · 60 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC · ANDA · View full market →

The short version

13 companies list this market (plus 17 repackagers, which add no supply) — deep enough that no single failure threatens the supply.

The numbers behind every sentence are on this page below — and the Watch button emails you when any of them move.

ⓘ How this was built
Data sources
  • FDA NDC Directory (openFDA) — labelers active in the last 30 days, repackagers classified from DailyMed SPL establishment roles
  • CMS NADAC — latest price vs the price in effect ~12 months earlier
  • FDA drug shortages and enforcement reports (openFDA)
  • FDA inspection classifications; DrugDashboards fragility score and 90-day shortage model
Method

Each sentence is a template that fires only when its condition holds in the data shown lower on this page: maker counts are distinct FDA labelers listing this molecule and dosage form in the last 30 days minus classified repackagers; the price trend compares the newest NADAC with the last price in effect at least 9 months earlier; shortage and recall sentences restate FDA rows for this drug's presentations (Class I/II, trailing 12 months); the plant sentence needs a MANUFACTURE-role establishment with a drug-quality OAI in 24 months; the verdict restates the fragility band; the risk sentence appears only when the model's probability is at least 1.5× the typical market. Nothing here is inferred beyond those rules.

Pipeline and calculations built by Claude (Fable 5) from the public datasets above. Educational only — verify against primary sources before acting.

Medicare Part D

No Medicare Part D plan in CMS's quarterly files lists this product. That usually means it is discontinued, a repackager's listing, or a product no plan has added to its formulary.

How Part D pricing works →

NADAC price per unit

ⓘ How this was built
Data sources
  • CMS NADAC weekly files (data.medicaid.gov), December 2024 onward
  • CMS NADAC per-year archive files, 2013 – November 2024, averaged per month
  • CMS Federal Upper Limit file — weighted average manufacturer price (WAMP) of the generic group (dashed line)
Method

One line, two regimes: before December 2024 each point is the average of that month's archived NADAC rows for this NDC; from December 2024 each point is a row from the weekly file, which CMS publishes only when the price changes, so the line holds flat until the next change and is extended to today when the last row is under 6 months old. Since the December 2024 file CMS computes generic NADAC as a 3-month moving average, so recent generic moves are smoothed and lag the market. The dashed WAMP is the manufacturer-side average for the whole multiple-source group, not this NDC alone. To check a point: open the NADAC file for that date on data.medicaid.gov and find this NDC.

Pipeline and calculations built by Claude (Fable 5) from the public datasets above. Educational only — verify against primary sources before acting.

No NADAC pricing on file for this NDC — NADAC covers drugs dispensed by retail community pharmacies.

Supply fragility

Not scored — fragility is computed for NDCs that have a NADAC price and a generic name.

90-day shortage risk (model v2)

0.1%chance of a new FDA shortage posting for metformin hydrochloride (oral solid) in the next 90 days

OAI inspection at a producing facility (24 months)

For scale: the typical drug’s chance is about 0.1% — this one is less than 1.5× that, which we treat as ordinary.

Backtested statistical model over the whole market, not this package alone. Model details →

ⓘ How this was built
Data sources
  • FDA NDC Directory labeler counts, CMS NADAC price trend, openFDA shortages and enforcement, FDA inspection classifications, Wayback archive of FDA's shortage list (labels)
Method

A logistic regression over molecule × dosage-form markets, trained on a monthly grid of historical dates since 2019 with labels equal to whether a new FDA shortage posting appeared within the following 90 days; eight features knowable on each date (labeler count, sole-source flag, NADAC year-over-year change, Class I/II recalls, injectable form, discontinuation filings, open shortage episodes, recent OAI inspection). The probability shown is the model's output for today's feature values; the reasons are the features pushing this market's probability up, listed only when the feature actually holds here. Held-out performance and coefficients are on the fragility page.

Pipeline and calculations built by Claude (Fable 5) from the public datasets above. Educational only — verify against primary sources before acting.

Regulatory

Application
ANDA213320
TE code
AB
Approval date
Dec 3, 2021
Patents / exclusivity
None on file
ⓘ How this was built
Data sources
  • FDA Orange Book data files — patent and exclusivity tables for application ANDA213320, edition retrieved 2026-08-24
Method

Rows are the Orange Book's patent and exclusivity listings for this NDA, de-duplicated across product numbers (the file repeats a listing for every strength). A listed patent is a claim the sponsor filed; it may cover a use rather than the molecule, may be challenged, and may be delisted — a listing is not proof a generic is blocked. Pediatric extensions appear as *PED rows. FDA blocks automated downloads of the Orange Book from cloud servers, so the edition can trail FDA's monthly release; the retrieval date above is the edition shown. To check: search the application number on FDA's Orange Book site.

Pipeline and calculations built by Claude (Fable 5) from the public datasets above. Educational only — verify against primary sources before acting.

Shortage history

ⓘ How this was built
Data sources
  • FDA drug shortages via openFDA (current file: Current, To Be Discontinued, and recently Resolved rows)
  • Internet Archive (Wayback) snapshots of FDA's shortage list since 2019, reconstructed into episodes
  • DrugDashboards Kaplan–Meier duration curves and conditional duration model
Method

Top rows are FDA's live listings whose package NDC is this product or another package of the same generic name and dosage form. openFDA drops resolved rows after about six months, so older episodes come from monthly Wayback snapshots of FDA's file, matched on the molecule with dosage-form words stripped (that matching can pull in other salts or forms of the same molecule — the presentation is shown so you can tell). 'Month N of a typical M' compares this episode's age with the Kaplan–Meier median for its form class (injectable, oral solid, other) over episodes since October 2019, open episodes censored; the resolution odds come from a model conditioned on the episode's age and reason. To check: FDA's drug shortage database, and web.archive.org for its history.

Pipeline and calculations built by Claude (Fable 5) from the public datasets above. Educational only — verify against primary sources before acting.

Not on FDA's current shortage list. Archived episodes below.

Archived episodes (FDA list history via Wayback, 2019+)
  • Planned discontinuation — Teva Pharmaceuticals, 500mg tablets (NDC 62037-571-01) and (NDC 62037-571-10) (listed as “Metformin Hydrochloride Extended Release Tablets”)Jun 24, 2020 → last seen May 14, 2023
  • Planned discontinuation — Teva Pharmaceuticals, 750mg tablets (NDC 2037-577-10) and (NDC 62037-577-01 ) (listed as “Metformin Hydrochloride Extended Release Tablets”)Jun 24, 2020 → last seen May 14, 2023
  • Planned discontinuation — Sandoz, 500 mg, bottle count 500 (NDC 42806-213-05) (listed as “Metformin Hydrochloride Tablets”)Apr 15, 2020 → last seen Aug 2, 2021
  • Planned discontinuation — Sandoz, 1000 mg, bottle count 500 (NDC 42806-221-05) (listed as “Metformin Hydrochloride Tablets”)Apr 15, 2020 → last seen Aug 2, 2021
  • Planned discontinuation — Sandoz, 500 mg, bottle count 1000 (NDC 42806-213-10) (listed as “Metformin Hydrochloride Tablets”)Apr 15, 2020 → last seen Aug 2, 2021
  • Planned discontinuation — Sandoz, 850 mg, bottle count 100 (NDC 42806-215-01) (listed as “Metformin Hydrochloride Tablets”)Apr 15, 2020 → last seen Aug 2, 2021
  • Planned discontinuation — Sandoz, 850 mg, bottle count 500 (NDC 42806-215-05) (listed as “Metformin Hydrochloride Tablets”)Apr 15, 2020 → last seen Aug 2, 2021
  • Planned discontinuation — Sandoz, 500 mg, bottle count 100 (NDC 42806-213-01) (listed as “Metformin Hydrochloride Tablets”)Apr 15, 2020 → last seen Aug 2, 2021

Showing 8 of 17 archived episodes.

Recalls (this NDC)

ⓘ How this was built
Data sources
  • FDA drug enforcement reports via openFDA
Method

Enforcement reports whose product NDC list includes this exact package NDC, newest first, with FDA's classification (I = reasonable probability of serious harm, II = temporary or reversible harm, III = unlikely to cause harm) and the recall's current status. Reports for other packages of the same drug are not shown here; 275 of the last year's Class I/II reports carry no NDC at all and cannot be matched. To check: search the recall number on openFDA or FDA's enforcement reports.

Pipeline and calculations built by Claude (Fable 5) from the public datasets above. Educational only — verify against primary sources before acting.

No enforcement reports list this package NDC.

Labelers of Metformin Hydrochloride (Tablet, Film Coated)

30 labelers active in the last 30 days, of which 17 are repackagers; 1not seen for 30+ days. Keyed on FDA's generic-name string — other salts or forms of the molecule are separate rosters.

ⓘ How this was built
Data sources
  • FDA NDC Directory (openFDA), read daily since 2026-07-15 — labeler_name per package
  • DailyMed SPL establishment roles + name patterns → derived.labeler_kinds (repackager / manufacturer / unknown)
Method

One row per labeler that lists any package with this exact generic-name string and dosage form; strengths are combined. 'First seen' is the first daily snapshot that contained the labeler here (2026-07-15 for everything present at the start), 'last seen' the most recent; a labeler counts as active when seen in the last 30 days. Repackagers and relabelers are flagged when their own labels show only repack/relabel operations or their name matches a known repackager, and are excluded from every 'makers' count on this page. Listing is not volume: a labeler with a listed NDC may ship little or nothing. To check: search the generic name in FDA's NDC Directory and list the labelers.

Pipeline and calculations built by Claude (Fable 5) from the public datasets above. Educational only — verify against primary sources before acting.

LabelerStrengthsFirst seenLast seen
A-S Medication SolutionsrepackagerMETFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 1000 mg/1; METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 500 mg/1; METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 850 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 3, 2026
Aphena Pharma Solutions - Tennessee, LLCrepackagerMETFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 500 mg/1; METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 1000 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 3, 2026
Ascend Laboratories, LLCMETFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 500 mg/1; METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 850 mg/1; METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 1000 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 3, 2026
Aurobindo Pharma LimitedMETFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 1000 mg/1; METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 500 mg/1; METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 850 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 3, 2026
NCS HealthCare of KY, LLC dba Vangard LabsrepackagerMETFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 500 mg/1; METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 1000 mg/1; METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 850 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 3, 2026
Northwind Health Company, LLCrepackagerMETFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 1000 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 3, 2026
NuCare Pharmaceuticals, Inc.repackagerMETFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 1000 mg/1Aug 6, 2026Sep 3, 2026
Preferred Pharmaceuticals Inc.repackagerMETFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 1000 mg/1; METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 500 mg/1; METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 850 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 3, 2026
Proficient Rx LPrepackagerMETFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 1000 mg/1; METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 500 mg/1; METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 850 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 3, 2026
Remedyrepack Inc.repackagerMETFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 500 mg/1; METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 1000 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 3, 2026
Advanced Rx of Tennessee, LLCrepackagerMETFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 1000 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
American Health PackagingrepackagerMETFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 1000 mg/1; METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 500 mg/1; METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 850 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Bryant Ranch PrepackrepackagerMETFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 1000 mg/1; METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 850 mg/1; METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 500 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Coupler LLCrepackagerMETFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 500 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Epic Pharma, LLCMETFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 1000 mg/1; METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 500 mg/1; METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 850 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Laurus Labs LimitedMETFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 1000 mg/1; METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 500 mg/1; METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 850 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Macleods Pharmaceuticals LimitedMETFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 1000 mg/1; METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 500 mg/1; METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 850 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Marksans Pharma LimitedMETFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 1000 mg/1; METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 500 mg/1; METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 850 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Metcure Pharmaceuticals, Inc.METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 1000 mg/1; METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 500 mg/1; METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 850 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 1000 mg/1; METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 500 mg/1; METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 850 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
NuCare Pharmaceuticals,Inc.repackagerMETFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 850 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
NuCare Pharmaceuticcals,Inc.repackagerMETFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 500 mg/1Aug 19, 2026Sep 2, 2026
PD-Rx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.repackagerMETFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 1000 mg/1; METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 500 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
PuraCap Laboratories LLC dba Blu PharmaceuticalsMETFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 1000 mg/1; METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 500 mg/1; METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 850 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
QPharma IncrepackagerMETFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 1000 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
QPharma,Inc.repackagerMETFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 500 mg/1Aug 26, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Quallent Pharmaceuticals Health LLCMETFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 1000 mg/1; METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 500 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Westminster Pharmaceuticals, LLCMETFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 1000 mg/1; METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 500 mg/1; METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 850 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Zydus Lifesciences LimitedMETFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 1000 mg/1; METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 500 mg/1; METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 850 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Zydus Pharmaceuticals USA Inc.METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 1000 mg/1; METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 500 mg/1; METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 850 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Cambridge Therapeutics Technologies, LLCMETFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 850 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Jul 29, 2026

Roster from daily NDC Directory diffs — first/last seen dates start July 15, 2026.

Cite this page

DrugDashboards, "Metformin Hydrochloride — NDC 42708-0203-60," retrieved September 4, 2026, https://drugdashboards.com/drug/42708020360.

Free to cite with attribution — see how the data is put together.