Desmopressin Acetate

Desmopressin Acetate · DESMOPRESSIN ACETATE 10 ug/1 · Spray · Nasal · Apotex Corp.

NDC 60505-0815-00 · 1 BOTTLE, SPRAY in 1 CARTON / 50 SPRAY in 1 BOTTLE, SPRAY · ANDA · View full market →

The short version

Just 2 companies supply this market — thin enough that a single exit would be felt immediately. The price has held steady around $9.28 per mL over the past year. It is in shortage right now — FDA lists the reason as “delay in shipping of the drug”. A Class II recall hit this product in the past year (Apotex Corp.). Put together: this is a fragile supply — if anything else goes wrong, there is very little slack to absorb it.

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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)$9.28per MLinvoice-surveyed acquisition cost · Aug 19, 2026
Part D plans paid (avg)$14.14per dosage unitgross, before rebates — matched by drug name · 2024
Federal contracts pay (FSS)$19.10per package of 5MLGolden State Medical Supply, Inc. · Jun 15, 2023
Medicaid generic ceiling (FUL)$7.50per MLweighted avg manufacturer price $3.2264 · Feb 1, 202381% of what pharmacies pay — a deeper discount than 95% of drugs with this benchmark

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

108 price points · per ML · dashed = manufacturer avg (WAMP)Source: CMS NADAC

Estimated fill cost

WAC per package, as filed

$123.13

Reported to Texas DSHS · 2026 annual filing · Apotex Corp

Manufacturer list price as filed — not what pharmacies actually pay after discounts.

Medicaid spend (2025)

$1.5M

13,163 prescriptions paid by Medicaid nationally · all Medicaid spend →

Supply fragility

60● High risk

Several kinds of pressure are visible at once — each line below is a condition that historically precedes supply trouble, and this market is stacking them.

2 active manufacturers+20
in shortage now+25
Class I/II recall in past 12 months+15

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)

0.2%chance of a new FDA shortage posting for desmopressin acetate (other) in the next 90 days

OAI inspection at a producing facility (24 months) · price up 13% YoY · 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 →

Regulatory

Application: ANDA076703
TE code: AB
Approval date: Jan 27, 2005
Patents / exclusivity: None on file

Shortage history

In shortage now — Desmopressin Acetate (needs No Refrigeration), Spray, 10 ug (NDC 60505-0815-0)Mar 12, 2021
Delay in shipping of the drug
month 66 — 6× the typical 12-month other shortage · model puts 38% odds it resolves within 6 months

Recalls (this NDC)

Class II · OngoingApr 8, 2026
Apotex Corp. — Defective container: defect in a batch of bottle caps, specifically involving dislodged or missing cap liners.

Manufacturers of Desmopressin Acetate (Spray)

Labeler	Strength	First seen	Last seen
Apotex Corp.	DESMOPRESSIN ACETATE 10 ug/1	Jul 15, 2026	Sep 2, 2026
Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.	DESMOPRESSIN ACETATE 1.5 mg/mL	Jul 24, 2026	Aug 28, 2026

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

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DrugDashboards, "Desmopressin Acetate — NDC 60505-0815-00," retrieved September 3, 2026, https://drugdashboards.com/drug/60505081500.

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