The short version
21 companies supply this market — deep enough that no single failure threatens the supply. The generic price is down 14% over the past year, to $0.4414 per unit. The brand runs $2.25 per unit — 5.1× more.
Market view
icosapent ethyl · Capsule
65 marketed package NDCs · 21 active manufacturers
Most dispensed: 1 g · Capsule · #120 capsules/bottle · .5 g · Capsule · #240 capsules/bottle · 1 g · Capsule, Liquid Filled · #120 capsule, liquid filleds/bottle · 1000 mg · Capsule · #120 capsules/bottle
Price range and competition
RSS: changes for this drugpriced separately — they are not the same market
Generic products only. Every 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 $0.4414 · middle half $0.3288–$0.4414 · full range $0.3261–$0.4414 · 15 products · 21 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 icosapent ethyl, newest first — price moves, shortages, recalls, and manufacturers entering or leaving. Detected by comparing each day’s federal data against the day before.
- icosapent ethylSep 2, 2026Mfr exitedPatheon Softgels, Inc. · icosapent ethyl
- Icosapent EthylAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $0.44247 → $0.44138 per unit (-0.25%)
- icosapent ethylAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $0.33156 → $0.3261 per unit (-1.65%)
- icosapent ethylAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $0.44247 → $0.44138 per unit (-0.25%)
- Icosapent EthylAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $0.44247 → $0.44138 per unit (-0.25%)
- Icosapent ethylAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $0.44247 → $0.44138 per unit (-0.25%)
- Icosapent EthylAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $0.44247 → $0.44138 per unit (-0.25%)
- Icosapent EthylAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $0.44247 → $0.44138 per unit (-0.25%)
- Icosapent EthylAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $0.33156 → $0.3261 per unit (-1.65%)
- IcosapentAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $0.44247 → $0.44138 per unit (-0.25%)
Common questions
- Is Icosapent ethyl in shortage right now?
- No. FDA does not currently list Icosapent ethyl in shortage. This page is rebuilt every morning from FDA's shortage database, so a new posting appears here the day it is published.
- Who makes Icosapent ethyl?
- 30 companies have marketed Icosapent ethyl in the last 30 days, according to the FDA NDC Directory. Every manufacturer and package is listed on this page.
- What does Icosapent ethyl cost?
- The typical pharmacy pays about $0.4414 per unit, 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.
Shortage reports for this molecule
- Planned discontinuation — Icosapent Ethyl, Capsule, 1 g (NDC 60429-005-12)Apr 1, 2026
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.