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ondansetron · Injection, Solution

9 marketed package NDCs · 6 active manufacturers

Most dispensed: HYDROCHLORIDE 2 mg/mL · Injection · #25 vials/carton / 2 ml in 1 vial · 8 mg · Tablet, Orally Disintegrating · #30 tablet, orally disintegratings/bottle · 4 mg · Tablet, Orally Disintegrating · #30 tablet, orally disintegratings/bottle · 8 mg · Tablet, Orally Disintegrating · #3 blister packs/carton / 10 tablet, orally disintegrating in 1 blister pack

The short version

6 companies supply this market — a reasonable cushion if one runs into trouble. The price is down 16% over the past year, to $0.1771 per mL. Historically, drugs in this position went on to a new shortage within 90 days about 0.3% of the time — roughly 2× 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$0.2$0.4Jul 2013Sep 202606companies actively selling

Latest · Sep 2026 — typical price $0.1771 · middle half $0.1753$0.1771 · full range $0.17$0.1771 · 4 products · 6 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 ondansetron, newest first — price moves, shortages, recalls, and manufacturers entering or leaving. Detected by comparing each day’s federal data against the day before.

  • OndansetronSep 3, 2026
    New product
    Asclemed USA, Inc.
  • OndansetronAug 28, 2026
    Mfr entered
    St. Mary's Medical Park Pharmacy · ondansetron
  • OndansetronAug 28, 2026
    Product update
    labeler name: ST. MARY'S MEDICAL PARK PHARMACY → St. Mary's Medical Park Pharmacy
  • OndansetronAug 19, 2026
    Price down
    NADAC $0.1627 → $0.16163 per unit (-0.66%)
  • OndansetronAug 19, 2026
    Price down
    NADAC $0.12182 → $0.1208 per unit (-0.84%)
  • OndansetronAug 19, 2026
    Price down
    NADAC $0.17917 → $0.1771 per unit (-1.16%)
  • OndansetronAug 19, 2026
    Price down
    NADAC $0.17281 → $0.16997 per unit (-1.64%)
  • OndansetronAug 19, 2026
    Price down
    NADAC $0.17917 → $0.1771 per unit (-1.16%)
  • OndansetronAug 19, 2026
    Price down
    NADAC $0.08451 → $0.08122 per unit (-3.89%)
  • OndansetronAug 19, 2026
    Price down
    NADAC $0.08451 → $0.08122 per unit (-3.89%)

Same drug class

Other molecules FDA puts in Serotonin-3 Receptor Antagonist, 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 Ondansetron in shortage right now?
No. FDA does not currently list Ondansetron 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 Ondansetron?
63 companies have marketed Ondansetron in the last 30 days, according to the FDA NDC Directory. Every manufacturer and package is listed on this page.
What does Ondansetron cost?
The typical pharmacy pays about $0.1616 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

Expand a strength to see its dosage forms, then package sizes, then each manufacturer and NDC. Click an NDC for its full detail page.