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Cefixime

Cefixime · CEFIXIME 400 mg/1 · Capsule · Oral · Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

NDC 68180-0423-08 · 50 CAPSULE in 1 BOTTLE · NDA AUTHORIZED GENERIC · View full market →

The short version

5 companies supply this market — a reasonable cushion if one runs into trouble. The price has held steady around $9.92 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)$9.92per EAinvoice-surveyed acquisition cost · Aug 19, 2026
  • Part D plans paid (avg)$10.29per dosage unitgross, before rebates — matched by drug name · 2024

Medicare Part D

All Part D pricing →

Matched to CMS's representative package for this drug (NDC 67877-0584-50) — same generic, strength, and dosage form. CMS prices one NDC per drug concept, not every package.

ⓘ 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
$11.94per unit
middle half $9.63$14.90 · 5,496 plans · Apr 1, 2026
Est. net of rebates
≈ $11.94
generic — rebates are minimal, so net ≈ gross
Coverage & restrictions
100%of plans cover it
tier 4 · prior auth 0% · step therapy 0% · qty limit 0%

*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.

NADAC price per unit

$0$5.00$10.00$15.00Feb 2023Sep 2026$9.92
31 price points · per EASource: CMS NADAC

Estimated fill cost

#30 count
$297.52
#90 count
$892.56

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

Medicaid spend (2025)

$240,395
4,940 prescriptions paid by Medicaid nationally · all Medicaid spend →

Supply fragility

5Low risk

Some pressure is visible, but not much — here’s everything the score found to count.

  • 5 active manufacturers+5

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 cefixime (oral solid) in the next 90 days

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 →

Regulatory

Application
NDA203195
TE code
AB
Approval date
Jun 1, 2012
Patents / exclusivity
None on file

Shortage history

No FDA shortage reports for this drug or its presentations.

Recalls (this NDC)

  • Class II · TerminatedAug 21, 2024
    Lupin Pharmaceuticals Inc.Subpotent Drug- An out of specification ( OOS ) result observed in assay test during 18-month long term stability study.
  • Class II · TerminatedMay 30, 2024
    Lupin Pharmaceuticals Inc.Failed Content Uniformity Specifications
  • Class II · TerminatedJan 3, 2024
    Lupin Pharmaceuticals Inc.Failed Impurities/Degradation Specifications
  • Class II · TerminatedApr 29, 2021
    Lupin Pharmaceuticals Inc.Subpotent Drug
  • Class II · TerminatedApr 15, 2020
    Lupin Pharmaceuticals Inc.Subpotent Drug: low out of specification (OOS) test result observed in long term stability study.

Manufacturers of Cefixime (Capsule)

LabelerStrengthFirst seenLast seen
Remedyrepack Inc.CEFIXIME 400 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 3, 2026
Ascend Laboratories, LLCCEFIXIME 400 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Aurobindo Pharma LimitedCEFIXIME 400 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Health Department, Oklahoma StateCEFIXIME 400 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.CEFIXIME 400 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026

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

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