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petrolatum · Cream

21 marketed package NDCs · 11 makers active in the last 30 days

Not counted: 2 NDCs no longer in the directory.

ⓘ How this was built
Data sources
  • FDA NDC Directory (openFDA), read daily — package listings, marketing category, labeler
  • DailyMed SPL establishment roles + name patterns → derived.labeler_kinds (repackager classification)
Method

Marketed package NDCs are listings for this exact FDA generic-name string (and dosage form, when one is selected) that are in the current directory file and are finished products — bulk ingredients, export-only and further-processing listings are excluded and counted separately. Makers are distinct labeler names seen in the last 30 days minus classified repackagers/relabelers; a listing is not proof of shipping volume. To check: search the generic name in FDA's NDC Directory and count labelers.

Pipeline and calculations built by Claude (Fable 5) from the public datasets above. Educational only — verify against primary sources before acting.

Same molecule, listed under other names (separate rosters and prices): petrolatum 33% (4 NDCs) · petrolatum 49.9% (3 NDCs) · petrolatum 44.28% (2 NDCs) · petrolatum ointment (2 NDCs) · petrolatum 41% (2 NDCs) · petrolatum 36% (1 NDC)

Most widely marketed retail versions: 420 mg/g · Ointment · #100 g/jar · 420 mg/g · Ointment · #454 g/jar · 410 mg/g · Ointment · #396 g/jar · 410 mg/g · Ointment · #50 g/tube — the versions with the most NADAC-priced NDCs, not dispensing volume

All formsOintment (154)Jelly (56)Cream (21)Stick (14)Gel (3)Lotion (2)Emulsion (1)

The short version

11 companies list this market — deep enough that no single failure threatens the supply.

ⓘ How this was built
Data sources
  • FDA NDC Directory (openFDA) — labelers active in the last 30 days, repackagers classified from DailyMed SPL establishment roles
  • CMS NADAC — latest price vs the price in effect ~12 months earlier
  • FDA drug shortages and enforcement reports (openFDA)
  • FDA inspection classifications; DrugDashboards fragility score and 90-day shortage model
Method

Each sentence is a template that fires only when its condition holds in the data shown lower on this page: maker counts are distinct FDA labelers listing this molecule and dosage form in the last 30 days minus classified repackagers; the price trend compares the newest NADAC with the last price in effect at least 9 months earlier; shortage and recall sentences restate FDA rows for this drug's presentations (Class I/II, trailing 12 months); the plant sentence needs a MANUFACTURE-role establishment with a drug-quality OAI in 24 months; the verdict restates the fragility band; the risk sentence appears only when the model's probability is at least 1.5× the typical market. Nothing here is inferred beyond those rules.

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 petrolatum, newest first — price moves, shortages, recalls, and labelers entering or leaving. Detected by comparing each day’s federal data against what we already held.

ⓘ How this was built
Data sources
  • DrugDashboards change feed — daily diffs of the NDC Directory, NADAC, FDA shortages and enforcement reports, Part D formularies
Method

Events whose NDC belongs to a product with this generic-name string, dated by the day the change was detected (the file's own effective date is shown on price rows). Generic NADAC is a 3-month moving average since December 2024, so most price moves here are small and lag the market.

Pipeline and calculations built by Claude (Fable 5) from the public datasets above. Educational only — verify against primary sources before acting.

Common questions

Is Petrolatum in shortage right now?
No. FDA's shortage list has no current entry for Petrolatum under this name or its presentations. This page is rebuilt every morning from FDA's shortage database, so a new posting appears here the day it is published.
Who makes Petrolatum?
87 companies have listed Petrolatum in the FDA NDC Directory in the last 30 days, not counting 1 repackager that relist other makers' products. A listing is not proof of volume; the products below show every listed package.
What does Petrolatum cost?
The typical pharmacy pays about $0.0381 per gram for Petrolatum — the median of 2 package NDCs' latest CMS NADAC prices (last 6 months, gram-priced products only). That is what the pharmacy pays for the drug itself — not the cash price, and not what an insurer is billed.
ⓘ How this was built
Data sources
  • FDA drug shortages (openFDA)
  • FDA NDC Directory + derived.labeler_kinds
  • CMS NADAC weekly file
Method

Shortage: any Current FDA row whose package NDC belongs to this generic-name string or whose listing name normalizes to the same molecule; the presentations named are those rows. Makers: distinct labelers listing this string in the last 30 days, repackagers excluded. Cost: the median of each NDC's most recent NADAC within 6 months, restricted to the market's most common billing unit and to the generic cohort when one exists.

Pipeline and calculations built by Claude (Fable 5) from the public datasets above. Educational only — verify against primary sources before acting.

All marketed products

21 marketed NDCs, every one listed. NADAC prices show the file date; prices older than 6 months are greyed.

ⓘ How this was built
Data sources
  • FDA NDC Directory (openFDA) — products, packages, labelers, marketing category, TE code (application-level)
  • CMS NADAC — each NDC's latest price
  • DrugDashboards fragility v1 score
Method

Finished products currently in the NDC Directory under this generic-name string (bulk, export-only and further-processing listings excluded). 'Widely marketed' marks the four form/strength/package combinations with the most NADAC-priced NDCs — a proxy for retail availability, not dispensing volume. Labeler counts in the tree include repackagers, marked in the roster on each drug page.

Pipeline and calculations built by Claude (Fable 5) from the public datasets above. Educational only — verify against primary sources before acting.

Expand a strength to see its dosage forms, then package sizes, then each labeler and NDC (labelers include repackagers). Click an NDC for its full detail page.