The short version
9 companies supply this market — a reasonable cushion if one runs into trouble. The generic price is down 19% over the past year, to $9.11 per gram. The brand runs $38.48 per gram — 4.2× more.
Market view
acyclovir · Cream
12 marketed package NDCs · 9 active manufacturers
Most dispensed: 50 mg/g · Ointment · #1 tube/carton / 30 g in 1 tube · 50 mg/g · Ointment · #1 tube/carton / 15 g in 1 tube · 50 mg/g · Cream · #1 tube/carton / 5 g in 1 tube · 200 mg · Capsule · #100 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 $9.11 · middle half $9.11–$9.11 · full range $9.11–$9.11 · 6 products · 9 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 acyclovir, newest first — price moves, shortages, recalls, and manufacturers entering or leaving. Detected by comparing each day’s federal data against the day before.
- AcyclovirAug 28, 2026New productNuCare Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- AcyclovirAug 28, 2026New productNuCare Pharmaceuticals,Inc.
- AcyclovirAug 26, 2026New productPD-Rx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- AcyclovirAug 19, 2026Price upNADAC $0.064 → $0.06936 per unit (+8.38%)
- AcyclovirAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $9.11714 → $9.10761 per unit (-0.1%)
- acyclovirAug 19, 2026Price upNADAC $0.30584 → $0.34213 per unit (+11.87%)
- acyclovirAug 19, 2026Price upNADAC $0.51535 → $0.53621 per unit (+4.05%)
- acyclovirAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $0.09998 → $0.09733 per unit (-2.65%)
- acyclovirAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $0.09998 → $0.09733 per unit (-2.65%)
- AcyclovirAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $0.09998 → $0.09733 per unit (-2.65%)
Same drug class
Other molecules FDA puts in Herpesvirus Nucleoside Analog DNA Polymerase Inhibitor, 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.
Common questions
- Is Acyclovir in shortage right now?
- No. FDA does not currently list Acyclovir 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 Acyclovir?
- 90 companies have marketed Acyclovir in the last 30 days, according to the FDA NDC Directory. Every manufacturer and package is listed on this page.
- What does Acyclovir cost?
- The typical pharmacy pays about $0.1847 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.
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.