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Potassium Chloride

Potassium Chloride · POTASSIUM CHLORIDE 1.5 g/1.54g · For Solution · Oral · Lupin Pharmaceuticals,Inc.

NDC 43386-0194-30 · 30 POUCH in 1 CARTON / 1.5 g in 1 POUCH · ANDA · View full market →

The short version

7 companies supply this market — a reasonable cushion if one runs into trouble. The price has fallen 31% in a year, to $1.12 per unit — and generics that get this cheap tend to get abandoned rather than defended. Put together: this looks like a healthy supply — the boring kind, which is exactly what you want.

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One drug, every price

The same NDC has different prices depending on who is paying. Units differ between rungs — compare within a rung over time, not rung against rung, unless the units match.

ⓘ How this was built
Data sources
  • CMS NADAC (pharmacy acquisition, weekly)
  • CMS Part B ASP quarterly payment limits
  • CMS Maximum Fair Prices (IRA negotiated, NDC-level)
  • Medicare Part D Spending by Drug (data.cms.gov, name-matched)
  • VA FSS / Big4 federal contract prices (va.gov, twice monthly)
  • ACA Federal Upper Limits + weighted AMP (data.medicaid.gov, monthly)
  • California SB-17 WAC filings (list price, per package)
Method

Each rung is the newest figure for this NDC from one federal price system, shown with its own unit. Part D is matched by drug name because CMS publishes no NDCs there; it is gross spending, before confidential rebates.

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

  • Pharmacies pay (NADAC)$1.12per EAinvoice-surveyed acquisition cost · May 21, 2025
  • Part D plans paid (avg)$0.0412per dosage unitgross, before rebates — matched by drug name · 2024

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

$0$2.00$4.00$6.00Jan 2020May 2025$1.12
66 price points · per EA · last surveyed Invalid DateSource: CMS NADAC

Medicaid spend (2023)

$4,138
42 prescriptions paid by Medicaid nationally · all Medicaid spend →

Supply fragility

0Low risk

Nothing here is signaling trouble: several manufacturers, no current shortage, no recent serious recalls, stable pricing. In drug supply, boring is the good outcome.

The score counts pressure that is already visible — fewer makers, shortages, recalls, falling prices. 0 means none of it; 100 means all of it at once. Recomputed daily · as of Sep 3, 2026

90-day shortage risk (model v2)

0.1%chance of a new FDA shortage posting for potassium chloride (other) in the next 90 days

sole-source market

For scale: the typical drug’s chance is about 0.1% — this one is in ordinary territory.

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

Where it's made

Establishments this product's FDA label declares, located via FDA registration data. How we built this →

Is this a "specialty" drug?

There's no legal definition — it meets 1 of 6 public criteria. Why that matters →

  • Part D specialty tier
  • Costs ≥ $950/fill · avg $24.12 per prescription
  • Biologic (BLA)
  • Injectable / infused
  • Orphan-drug exclusivity
  • REMS program · Xywav and Xyrem

Regulatory

Application
ANDA210241
TE code
AA
Approval date
Nov 21, 2018
Patents / exclusivity
None on file

Shortage history

No FDA shortage reports for this drug or its presentations.

Recalls (this NDC)

No enforcement reports list this package NDC.

Manufacturers of Potassium Chloride (For Solution)

LabelerStrengthFirst seenLast seen
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLCPOTASSIUM CHLORIDE 1.5 g/1.58gAug 5, 2026Sep 2, 2026
ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.POTASSIUM CHLORIDE 1.5 g/1.56gJul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Granules Pharmaceuticals Inc.POTASSIUM CHLORIDE 1.5 g/1.58gJul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
IPG Pharmaceuticals, Inc.POTASSIUM CHLORIDE 3 g/3.16gJul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Lupin Pharmaceuticals,Inc.POTASSIUM CHLORIDE 1.5 g/1.54gJul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Novel Laboratories, Inc.POTASSIUM CHLORIDE 1.5 g/1.54gJul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Somerset Therapeutics, LLCPOTASSIUM CHLORIDE 1.5 g/1.58gJul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Amneal Pharmaceuticals NY LLCPOTASSIUM CHLORIDE 1.5 g/1.58gJul 15, 2026Jul 29, 2026

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

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