Market view
61 marketed package NDCs · 9 active manufacturers
Most dispensed: 250 mg · Capsule · #100 capsules/bottle · 500 mg · Capsule · #100 capsules/bottle · 250 mg · Capsule · #100 capsules/bottle, plastic · 500 mg · Capsule · #100 capsules/bottle, plastic
9 companies supply this market — a reasonable cushion if one runs into trouble. The generic price has fallen 42% in a year, to $0.4092 per unit — and generics that get this cheap tend to get abandoned rather than defended. The brand runs $0.8661 per unit — 2.1× more.
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 $0.4092 · middle half $0.2462–$0.5721 · full range $0.2462–$0.5721 · 14 products · 9 companies
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.
Every detected change for tetracycline hydrochloride, newest first — price moves, shortages, recalls, and manufacturers entering or leaving. Detected by comparing each day’s federal data against the day before.
Other molecules FDA puts in Tetracycline-class Antimicrobial, 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.
Expand a strength to see its dosage forms, then package sizes, then each manufacturer and NDC. Click an NDC for its full detail page.