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clindamycin phosphate · Injection, Solution

31 marketed package NDCs · 7 active manufacturers

Most dispensed: 10 mg/g · Gel · #1 tube/carton / 60 g in 1 tube · 10 mg/g · Gel · #1 tube/carton / 30 g in 1 tube · 10 mg/mL · Lotion · #1 bottle/carton / 60 ml in 1 bottle · 10 mg/g · Aerosol, Foam · #1 can/carton / 100 g in 1 can

The short version

7 companies supply this market — a reasonable cushion if one runs into trouble. The price is up 27% over the past year, to $1.22 per mL. It is in shortage right now — FDA lists the reason as “discontinuation of the manufacture of the drug.

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$0.5$1.00$1.50Nov 2024Jan 202607companies actively selling

Latest · Jan 2026 — typical price $1.22 · middle half $1.22$1.22 · full range $1.22$1.22 · 2 products · 7 companies

middle half of companies’ pricestypical (median) pricecompanies actively selling (bottom lane)Priced per mLSource: 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 clindamycin phosphate, newest first — price moves, shortages, recalls, and manufacturers entering or leaving. Detected by comparing each day’s federal data against the day before.

Same drug class

Other molecules FDA puts in Lincosamide 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 Clindamycin phosphate in shortage right now?
Yes. FDA currently lists Clindamycin phosphate in shortage, with the reason given as "discontinuation of the manufacture of the drug". This page is rebuilt every morning from FDA's shortage database.
Who makes Clindamycin phosphate?
42 companies have marketed Clindamycin phosphate in the last 30 days, according to the FDA NDC Directory. Every manufacturer and package is listed on this page.
What does Clindamycin phosphate cost?
The typical pharmacy pays about $0.1843 per gram, 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.

Shortage reports for this molecule

  • Planned discontinuationCleocin Phosphate, Injection, 300 mg/2 mL (150 mg/mL); 2 mL Vial (NDC 0009-0870-26)Jun 1, 2026
  • Planned discontinuationCleocin Phosphate, Injection, 300 mg/2 mL (150 mg/mL); 2 mL Vial NovaPlus (NDC 0009-3051-02)Jun 1, 2026
  • Planned discontinuationCleocin Phosphate, Injection, 600 mg/4 mL (150 mg/mL); 4 mL Vial (NDC 0009-0775-26)Jun 1, 2026
  • Planned discontinuationCleocin Phosphate, Injection, 600 mg/4 mL (150 mg/mL); 4 mL Vial NovaPlus (NDC 0009-4073-04)Jun 1, 2026
  • Planned discontinuationCleocin Phosphate, Injection, 900 mg/6 mL (150 mg/mL); 6 mL Vial (NDC 0009-0902-18)Jun 1, 2026
  • Planned discontinuationCleocin Phosphate, Injection, 900 mg/6 mL (150 mg/mL); 6 mL Vial NovaPlus (NDC 0009-5095-06)Jun 1, 2026

All marketed products

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