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Glumetza

metformin hydrochloride · METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 1000 mg/1 · Tablet, Film Coated, Extended Release · Oral · Santarus, Inc.

NDC 68012-0003-16 · 90 TABLET, FILM COATED, EXTENDED RELEASE in 1 BOTTLE · NDA · View full market →

The short version

7 companies supply this market — a reasonable cushion if one runs into trouble. The price has held steady around $107.12 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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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)$107.12per EAinvoice-surveyed acquisition cost · Jan 22, 2025
  • Part D plans paid (avg)$73.01per dosage unitgross, before rebates — matched by drug name · 2024
  • Part D point of sale (median)$95.72per unitnegotiated price across 16 plans — before rebates · Jul 1, 2024
  • Medicaid generic ceiling (FUL)$1.43per TABweighted avg manufacturer price $0.8195 · Aug 1, 20241% of what pharmacies pay — a deeper discount than 95% of drugs with this benchmark

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
$95.72per unit
middle half $59.48$107.21 · 16 plans · Jul 1, 2024
Est. net of rebates
$57.43–$71.79
brand drug — est. 25-40% rebate off the price at left
Coverage & restrictions
of plans cover it

*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 3 quarters since 2024.

NADAC price per unit

$0$50.00$100.00$150.00Jul 2014Jan 2025$107.12
16 price points · per EA · last surveyed Invalid Date · dashed = manufacturer avg (WAMP)Source: CMS NADAC

Estimated fill cost

#30 count
$3213.54
#90 count
$9640.62

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

Medicaid spend (2025)

$1.5M
181 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 metformin hydrochloride (oral solid) in the next 90 days

OAI inspection at a producing facility (24 months) · 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 $6,364.49 per prescription
  • Biologic (BLA)
  • Injectable / infused
  • Orphan-drug exclusivity
  • REMS program

Regulatory

Application
NDA021748
TE code
Approval date
Jun 3, 2005
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 metformin hydrochloride (Tablet, Film Coated, Extended Release)

LabelerStrengthFirst seenLast seen
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc., UsaMETFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 1000 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc., UsaMETFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 500 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Golden State Medical Supply, Inc.METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 1000 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Micro Labs LimitedMETFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 500 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Micro Labs LimitedMETFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 1000 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Oceanside PharmaceuticalsMETFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 500 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Oceanside PharmaceuticalsMETFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 1000 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Santarus, Inc.METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 1000 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Westminster Pharmaceuticals, LLCMETFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 500 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Westminster Pharmaceuticals, LLCMETFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 1000 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Santarus, Inc.METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 500 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Aug 31, 2026
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc.METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 500 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Aug 26, 2026
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc.METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 1000 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Aug 26, 2026

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

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