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alprostadil · Injection, Powder, Lyophilized, For Solution

10 marketed package NDCs · 2 active manufacturers

Most dispensed: 20 ug/mL · Injection, Powder, Lyophilized, For Solution · #2 blister packs/carton / 1 cartridge in 1 blister pack / 1 ml in 1 cartridge · 10 ug/mL · Injection, Powder, Lyophilized, For Solution · #2 blister packs/carton / 1 cartridge in 1 blister pack / 1 ml in 1 cartridge · 20 ug/.5mL · Injection, Powder, Lyophilized, For Solution · #2 syringes/carton / .5 ml in 1 syringe · 10 ug/.5mL · Injection, Powder, Lyophilized, For Solution · #2 syringes/carton / .5 ml in 1 syringe

The short version

Just 2 companies supply this market — thin enough that a single exit would be felt immediately. The price has jumped 69% in a year, to $170.42 per unit — sharp rises like this often mean supply is already tightening. 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$100.00$200.00Jul 2013Sep 202602companies actively selling

Latest · Sep 2026 — typical price $170.42 · middle half $138.36$202.49 · full range $106.30$234.55 · 2 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.

What changed in the last 90 days

Every detected change for alprostadil, newest first — price moves, shortages, recalls, and manufacturers entering or leaving. Detected by comparing each day’s federal data against the day before.

  • AlprostadilAug 26, 2026
    Mfr exited
    Bills Biotech pvt ltd. · alprostadil
  • Caverject ImpulseAug 19, 2026
    Price up
    NADAC $106.2625 → $106.29955 per unit (+0.03%)
  • AlprostadilAug 19, 2026
    New product
    Apister Lifesciences Private Limited
  • AlprostadilAug 19, 2026
    New product
    Apister Lifesciences Private Limited
  • AlprostadilAug 19, 2026
    New product
    Apister Lifesciences Private Limited
  • AlprostadilAug 19, 2026
    New product
    Apister Lifesciences Private Limited
  • AlprostadilAug 19, 2026
    New product
    Apister Lifesciences Private Limited
  • AlprostadilAug 19, 2026
    New product
    Apister Lifesciences Private Limited
  • AlprostadilAug 19, 2026
    New product
    Apister Lifesciences Private Limited
  • AlprostadilAug 15, 2026
    Mfr entered
    Apister Lifesciences Private Limited · alprostadil

Common questions

Is Alprostadil in shortage right now?
No. FDA does not currently list Alprostadil 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 Alprostadil?
18 companies have marketed Alprostadil in the last 30 days, according to the FDA NDC Directory. Every manufacturer and package is listed on this page.
What does Alprostadil cost?
The typical pharmacy pays about $170.42 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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