ⓘ 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.
Planned discontinuation — Sodium Bicarbonate, Injection, 84 mg/1 mL (NDC 0409-6637-14)Nov 7, 2025
In shortage now — Sodium Bicarbonate, Injection, 42 mg/1 mL (NDC 51754-5012-4)Jul 24, 2017
month 110 — 6× the typical 20-month injectable shortage · model puts 15% odds the market's longest-running episode resolves within 6 months
In shortage now — Sodium Bicarbonate, Injection, 42 mg/1 mL (NDC 63323-083-05)Jul 24, 2017
month 110 — 6× the typical 20-month injectable shortage · model puts 15% odds the market's longest-running episode resolves within 6 months
In shortage now — Sodium Bicarbonate, Injection, 84 mg/1 mL (NDC 51754-5001-5)Jul 24, 2017
month 110 — 6× the typical 20-month injectable shortage · model puts 15% odds the market's longest-running episode resolves within 6 months
In shortage now — Sodium Bicarbonate, Injection, 84 mg/1 mL (NDC 51754-5011-4)Jul 24, 2017
month 110 — 6× the typical 20-month injectable shortage · model puts 15% odds the market's longest-running episode resolves within 6 months
In shortage now — Sodium Bicarbonate, Injection, 84 mg/1 mL (NDC 63323-089-50)Jul 24, 2017
month 110 — 6× the typical 20-month injectable shortage · model puts 15% odds the market's longest-running episode resolves within 6 months
In shortage now — Sodium Bicarbonate, Injection, 2.5 mEq/5 mL (4.2%, 0.5 mEq/mL) (NDC 0409-5555-01)Mar 1, 2017
Other
month 115 — 6× the typical 20-month injectable shortage · model puts 15% odds the market's longest-running episode resolves within 6 months
In shortage now — Sodium Bicarbonate, Injection, 2.5 mEq/5 mL (4.2%, 0.5 mEq/mL) (NDC 0409-5555-02)Mar 1, 2017
Other
month 115 — 6× the typical 20-month injectable shortage · model puts 15% odds the market's longest-running episode resolves within 6 months
In shortage now — Sodium Bicarbonate, Injection, 50 mEq/50 mL (8.4%, 1 mEq/mL) (NDC 0409-6625-14)Mar 1, 2017
month 115 — 6× the typical 20-month injectable shortage · model puts 15% odds the market's longest-running episode resolves within 6 months
In shortage now — Sodium Bicarbonate, Injection, 50 mEq/50 mL (8.4%, 1 mEq/mL) (NDC 0409-6625-35)Mar 1, 2017
Other
month 115 — 6× the typical 20-month injectable shortage · model puts 15% odds the market's longest-running episode resolves within 6 months
In shortage now — Sodium Bicarbonate, Injection, 50 mEq/50 mL (8.4%, 1 mEq/mL) Syringes (NDC 0409-6637-14)Mar 1, 2017
Discontinuation of the manufacture of the drug
month 115 — 6× the typical 20-month injectable shortage · model puts 15% odds the market's longest-running episode resolves within 6 months
Archived episodes (FDA list history via Wayback, 2019+)
Planned discontinuation — Hospira, Inc., a Pfizer Company, Sodium Bicarbonate, Injection, 75 mg/1 mL (NDC 0409-4916-14) (listed as “Sodium Bicarbonate Injection”)Nov 7, 2025 → last seen Jul 20, 2026
Planned discontinuation — Hospira, Inc., a Pfizer Company, Sodium Bicarbonate, Injection, 42 mg/1 mL (NDC 0409-5534-14) (listed as “Sodium Bicarbonate Injection”)Nov 7, 2025 → last seen Jul 20, 2026
Planned discontinuation — Hospira, Inc., a Pfizer Company, Sodium Bicarbonate, Injection, 84 mg/1 mL (NDC 0409-4900-14) (listed as “Sodium Bicarbonate Injection”)Nov 7, 2025 → last seen Jul 20, 2026
Planned discontinuation — Hospira, Inc., a Pfizer Company, Sodium Bicarbonate, Injection, 84 mg/1 mL (NDC 0409-6637-14) (listed as “Sodium Bicarbonate Injection”)Nov 7, 2025 → last seen Jul 20, 2026
In shortage now — Exela Pharma Sciences, LLC, Sodium Bicarbonate, Injection, 42 mg/1 mL (NDC 51754-5012-4) (listed as “Sodium Bicarbonate Injection”)Jul 24, 2017 → last seen Jul 20, 2026
In shortage now — Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC, Sodium Bicarbonate, Injection, 42 mg/1 mL (NDC 63323-083-05) (listed as “Sodium Bicarbonate Injection”)Jul 24, 2017 → last seen Jul 20, 2026
In shortage now — Exela Pharma Sciences, LLC, Sodium Bicarbonate, Injection, 84 mg/1 mL (NDC 51754-5001-5) (listed as “Sodium Bicarbonate Injection”)Jul 24, 2017 → last seen Jul 20, 2026
In shortage now — Exela Pharma Sciences, LLC, Sodium Bicarbonate, Injection, 84 mg/1 mL (NDC 51754-5011-4) (listed as “Sodium Bicarbonate Injection”)Jul 24, 2017 → last seen Jul 20, 2026
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