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colistimethate sodium · Injection, Powder, For Solution

5 marketed package NDCs · 2 active manufacturers

Most dispensed: 150 mg · Injection, Powder, For Solution · #12 vial, glass/carton / 1 injection, powder, for solution in 1 vial, glass · 150 mg/2mL · Injection, Powder, Lyophilized, For Solution · #1 vial/box / 2 ml in 1 vial · 150 mg · Injection, Powder, For Solution · #1 vial/carton / 1 injection, powder, for solution in 1 vial · 150 mg · Injection, Powder, For Solution · #1 vial, glass/carton / 1 injection, powder, for solution in 1 vial, glass

The short version

Just 2 companies supply this market — thin enough that a single exit would be felt immediately. The price is down 14% over the past year, to $15.49 per unit. Historically, drugs in this position went on to a new shortage within 90 days about 0.4% of the time — roughly 3× the typical drug (0.1%).

Price range and competition

RSS: changes for this drug

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.

$0$10.00$20.00Dec 2025Sep 202602companies actively selling

Latest · Sep 2026 — typical price $15.49 · middle half $15.49$15.49 · full range $15.49$15.49 · 4 products · 2 companies

middle half of companies’ pricestypical (median) pricecompanies actively selling (bottom lane)Priced per unitSource: CMS NADAC
ⓘ 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.

Same drug class

Other molecules FDA puts in Polymyxin-class 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.

Common questions

Is Colistimethate sodium in shortage right now?
No. FDA does not currently list Colistimethate sodium 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 Colistimethate sodium?
8 companies have marketed Colistimethate sodium in the last 30 days, according to the FDA NDC Directory. Every manufacturer and package is listed on this page.
What does Colistimethate sodium cost?
The typical pharmacy pays about $15.49 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

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