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Velphoro

sucroferric oxyhydroxide · FERRIC OXYHYDROXIDE 500 mg/1 · Tablet, Chewable · Oral · Fresenius Medical Care Renal Therapies Group, LLC

NDC 49230-0645-51 · 1 BOTTLE in 1 CARTON / 90 TABLET, CHEWABLE in 1 BOTTLE · NDA · View full market →

The short version

Only one company currently supplies this market — there is no backup if it stumbles. The price has held steady around $17.11 per unit over the past year. Put together: worth watching — several of the pressures that precede supply trouble are present at once.

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

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)$17.11per EAinvoice-surveyed acquisition cost · Jan 21, 2026
  • Part D plans paid (avg)$17.29per dosage unitgross, before rebates — matched by drug name · 2024
  • Part D point of sale (median)$17.26per unitnegotiated price across 277 plans — before rebates · Apr 1, 2026
  • Federal contracts pay (FSS)$12.53per unitFresenius USA, Inc. · Jan 1, 202673% of what pharmacies pay — a deeper discount than 71% of drugs with this benchmark
  • List price (WAC, as filed)$1,501.25per packageFresenius Medical Care North America · Jan 1, 2022

Medicare Part D

All Part D pricing →
ⓘ How this was built
Data sources
  • CMS quarterly Prescription Drug Plan Formulary & Pricing files (SPUF)
Method

Negotiated 30-day point-of-sale unit prices and formulary terms aggregated across every unsuppressed Part D and MA-PD plan for the quarter shown. Point of sale means gross of confidential rebates. CMS publishes one representative NDC per drug concept (RxCUI) rather than every package, so these figures come from CMS's representative package for the same drug — matched on generic name, strength, and dosage form. Estimated from MedPAC's program-wide rebate aggregates (June 2023: DIR = 29% of gross Part D spending; brand rebates ≈ 25–40% of gross, generics minimal). Actual rebates are confidential and vary widely by drug — this is a range, not a fact about this drug.

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

Plans pay at point of sale
$17.26per unit
middle half $17.01$17.35 · 277 plans · Apr 1, 2026
Est. net of rebates
$10.36–$12.95
brand drug — est. 25-40% rebate off the price at left
Coverage & restrictions
5%of plans cover it
tier 5 · prior auth 5% · step therapy 0% · qty limit 5%

*No drug-level rebate is public — the estimate applies MedPAC's program-wide brand rebate range to this drug's gross price. Tracked here for 4 quarters since 2024.

NADAC price per unit

$0$10.00$20.00Sep 2014Jan 2026$17.11
46 price points · per EA · last surveyed Invalid DateSource: CMS NADAC

Estimated fill cost

#30 count
$513.17
#90 count
$1539.50

Estimates: latest NADAC unit price × quantity. Pharmacy acquisition cost only — excludes dispensing fees, markup, and insurance terms.

Medicaid spend (2025)

$40.0M
30,088 prescriptions paid by Medicaid nationally · all Medicaid spend →

Supply fragility

30Elevated risk

The score is counting real pressure here. One of these alone is routine; it’s the combination that makes this market worth watching.

  • 1 active manufacturer+30

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)

0.0%chance of a new FDA shortage posting for sucroferric oxyhydroxide (oral solid) in the next 90 days

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 →

Is this a "specialty" drug?

There's no legal definition — it meets 2 of 6 public criteria. Why that matters →

  • Part D specialty tier · median tier 5 across plans
  • Costs ≥ $950/fill · avg $2,792.94 per prescription
  • Biologic (BLA)
  • Injectable / infused
  • Orphan-drug exclusivity
  • REMS program

Regulatory

Application
NDA205109
TE code
Approval date
Nov 27, 2013
Patents / exclusivity
22 patents, 2 exclusivities
TypeNumber / codeExpires
exclusivityPEDJan 1, 2028
exclusivityNPPJul 1, 2027
patent10624855*PEDMay 26, 2035
patent11446252*PEDMay 26, 2035
patent11234938*PEDMay 26, 2035
patent11446252Nov 26, 2034
patent10624855Nov 26, 2034
patent11234938Nov 26, 2034
patent9561251*PEDJul 23, 2030
patent9561251Jan 23, 2030
patent10682376*PEDMay 13, 2029
patent11013761*PEDMay 13, 2029

Shortage history

No FDA shortage reports for this drug or its presentations.

Recalls (this NDC)

No enforcement reports list this package NDC.

Manufacturers of sucroferric oxyhydroxide (Tablet, Chewable)

LabelerStrengthFirst seenLast seen
Fresenius Medical Care Renal Therapies Group, LLCFERRIC OXYHYDROXIDE 500 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026

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

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