The short version
Only one company currently supplies this market — there is no backup if it stumbles.
Market view
pemetrexed · Injection, Solution, Concentrate
6 marketed package NDCs · 1 active manufacturer
Most dispensed: DISODIUM HEMIPENTAHYDRATE 500 mg/20mL · Injection, Powder, Lyophilized, For Solution · #1 vial/carton / 20 ml in 1 vial · DISODIUM HEMIPENTAHYDRATE 100 mg/4mL · Injection, Powder, Lyophilized, For Solution · #1 vial/carton / 4 ml in 1 vial
Same drug class
Other molecules FDA puts in Folate Analog Metabolic 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 Pemetrexed in shortage right now?
- No. FDA does not currently list Pemetrexed 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 Pemetrexed?
- 11 companies have marketed Pemetrexed in the last 30 days, according to the FDA NDC Directory. Every manufacturer and package is listed on this page.
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.