mesalamine · MESALAMINE 500 mg/1 · Capsule · Oral · Takeda Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.
NDC 54092-0191-12 · 120 CAPSULE in 1 BOTTLE · NDA · View full market →
Just 2 companies supply this market — thin enough that a single exit would be felt immediately. The price has held steady around $5.83 per unit over the past year. Put together: this looks like a healthy supply — the boring kind, which is exactly what you want.
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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.
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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.
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*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 10 quarters since 2024.
Estimates: latest NADAC unit price × quantity. Pharmacy acquisition cost only — excludes dispensing fees, markup, and insurance terms.
Some pressure is visible, but not much — here’s everything the score found to count.
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
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For scale: the typical drug’s chance is about 0.1% — this one is in ordinary territory.
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| Labeler | Strength | First seen | Last seen |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patheon Manufacturing Services LLC | MESALAMINE 250 mg/1 | Jul 15, 2026 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Patheon Manufacturing Services LLC | MESALAMINE 500 mg/1 | Jul 15, 2026 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | MESALAMINE 250 mg/1 | Jul 15, 2026 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. | MESALAMINE 500 mg/1 | Jul 15, 2026 | Sep 2, 2026 |
Roster from daily NDC Directory diffs — first/last seen dates start July 2026.
DrugDashboards, "Pentasa — NDC 54092-0191-12," retrieved September 3, 2026, https://drugdashboards.com/drug/54092019112.
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