The short version
5 companies supply this market — a reasonable cushion if one runs into trouble. The price has fallen 45% in a year, to $1.91 per gram — and generics that get this cheap tend to get abandoned rather than defended.
Market view
clindamycin phosphate · Aerosol, Foam
9 marketed package NDCs · 5 active manufacturers
Most dispensed: 10 mg/g · Gel · #1 tube/carton / 60 g in 1 tube · 10 mg/g · Gel · #1 tube/carton / 30 g in 1 tube · 10 mg/mL · Lotion · #1 bottle/carton / 60 ml in 1 bottle · 10 mg/g · Aerosol, Foam · #1 can/carton / 100 g in 1 can
Price range and competition
RSS: changes for this drugEvery company selling this drug reports its own price. The line follows the middle of the pack; the shaded band holds the middle half of companies — the wider it is, the more they disagree.
Latest · Sep 2026 — typical price $1.91 · middle half $1.91–$2.30 · full range $1.91–$2.30 · 7 products · 5 companies
ⓘ How this was built
Data sources
- CMS NADAC weekly survey + monthly archives back to 2013 (data.medicaid.gov)
- CMS Federal Upper Limit files (weighted AMP)
- FDA NDC Directory (openFDA) — maker roster
Method
Each month's band spans the NADAC unit prices of every NDC of this drug (min, quartiles, median, max), split into brand and generic cohorts by FDA marketing category. Maker counts come from distinct labelers with the NDC actively listed.
Pipeline and calculations built by Claude (Fable 5) from the public datasets above. Educational only — verify against primary sources before acting.
What changed in the last 90 days
Every detected change for clindamycin phosphate, newest first — price moves, shortages, recalls, and manufacturers entering or leaving. Detected by comparing each day’s federal data against the day before.
- XaciatoAug 19, 2026Price upNADAC $18.81042 → $18.925 per unit (+0.61%)
- Clindamycin PhosphateAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $3.63883 → $3.48097 per unit (-4.34%)
- Clindamycin PhosphateAug 19, 2026Price upNADAC $0.12907 → $0.132 per unit (+2.27%)
- Clindamycin PhosphateAug 19, 2026Price upNADAC $0.13723 → $0.13941 per unit (+1.59%)
- Clindamycin PhosphateAug 19, 2026Price upNADAC $0.12907 → $0.132 per unit (+2.27%)
- Clindamycin PhosphateAug 19, 2026Price upNADAC $0.13723 → $0.13941 per unit (+1.59%)
- Clindamycin PhosphateAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $0.1493 → $0.14867 per unit (-0.42%)
- Clindamycin PhosphateAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $0.18737 → $0.18434 per unit (-1.62%)
- Clindamycin PhosphateAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $3.63883 → $3.48097 per unit (-4.34%)
- Clindamycin PhosphateAug 19, 2026Price upNADAC $0.12907 → $0.132 per unit (+2.27%)
Same drug class
Other molecules FDA puts in Lincosamide Antibacterial, with whether each is in shortage right now. Same class is not the same drug — substitution is a clinical decision, and this is a supply picture, not a recommendation.
- clindamycin· in shortage
- clindamycin in 5 percent dextrose· in shortage
- clindamycin in percent dextrose· 1 maker
- clindamycin phosphate 1%· 1 maker
- clindamycin phosphate and tretinoin gel 1.2%/0.025%· 1 maker
- clindamycin phosphate gel usp, 1%· 1 maker
- clindamycin phosphate topical usp, 1%· 1 maker
- clindamycin phosphate usp, 1%· 1 maker
- clindamycin phosphate/benzoyl peroxide/adapalene· 1 maker
- clindamycin, benzoyl peroxide· 1 maker
- clindamycin hcl· 2 makers
- clindamycin palmitate hydrochloride (pediatric)· 2 makers
Common questions
- Is Clindamycin phosphate in shortage right now?
- Yes. FDA currently lists Clindamycin phosphate in shortage. This page is rebuilt every morning from FDA's shortage database.
- Who makes Clindamycin phosphate?
- 42 companies have marketed Clindamycin phosphate in the last 30 days, according to the FDA NDC Directory. Every manufacturer and package is listed on this page.
- What does Clindamycin phosphate cost?
- The typical pharmacy pays about $0.1843 per gram, based on the most recent CMS NADAC survey of actual acquisition costs. That is what the pharmacy pays for the drug itself — not the cash price, and not what an insurer is billed.
All marketed products
Expand a strength to see its dosage forms, then package sizes, then each manufacturer and NDC. Click an NDC for its full detail page.