The short version
Only one company currently supplies this market — there is no backup if it stumbles.
Market view
hydroquinone · Kit
1 marketed package NDCs · 1 active manufacturer
Most dispensed: 40 mg/g · Cream · #1 tube/carton / 28.35 g in 1 tube · 40 mg/g · Cream · #1 tube/carton / 28.4 g in 1 tube · 40 mg/g · Cream · #57 g/bottle, plastic
What changed in the last 90 days
Every detected change for hydroquinone, newest first — price moves, shortages, recalls, and manufacturers entering or leaving. Detected by comparing each day’s federal data against the day before.
- Mfr exitedZO Skin Health, Inc. · hydroquinone
- Mfr exitedZO Skin Health, Inc. · hydroquinone
- Hydroquinone 4%Aug 19, 2026Price upNADAC $0.45013 → $0.45391 per unit (+0.84%)
- HydroquinoneAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $0.52218 → $0.51677 per unit (-1.04%)
- Hydroquinone 4%Aug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $0.52218 → $0.51677 per unit (-1.04%)
- HydroquinoneAug 12, 2026Mfr exitedMedisca Inc. · hydroquinone
- Vivant True Tone ForteAug 12, 2026Mfr exitedVivant Pharmaceuticals, LLC · hydroquinone
- Hydroquinone 4%Jul 22, 2026Price upNADAC $0.4445 → $0.45013 per unit (+1.27%)
- HydroquinoneJul 22, 2026Price downNADAC $0.55017 → $0.52218 per unit (-5.09%)
- Hydroquinone 4%Jul 22, 2026Price downNADAC $0.55017 → $0.52218 per unit (-5.09%)
Same drug class
Other molecules FDA puts in Melanin Synthesis 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.
- .alpha.-ketoglutaric acid - alpha lipoic acid - ascorbic acid - barium oxalosuccinate - black cohosh - bryonia alba root - calcitonin human - chlorine - colchicum autumnale bulb - nadide -· 1 maker
- .alpha.-ketoglutaric acid - ambergris - anamirta cocculus seed - conium maculatum flowering top - epinephrine - fumaric acid - malic acid - melatonin - mineral oil - pteridium aquilinum root - pyridoxine hydrochloride - quinhydrone - quinine - sus scrofa artery - sus scrofa cerebellum - sus scrofa placenta - thiamine hydrochloride - tobacco leaf -· 1 maker
- chondrodendron tomentosum root - clerodendranthus spicatus leaf - equisetum hyemale - escherichia coli - hieracium pilosella flowering top - methylene blue - nitric acid - ononis campestris - plantago major - pork kidney - potassium nitrate - proteus vulgaris - quinhydrone - sarsaparilla - solidago virgaurea flowering top - succinic acid - sus scrofa ureter - sus scrofa urinary bladder -· 1 maker
- fluocinolone acetonide, hydroquinone, and tretinoin· 1 maker
- hydroquinone, octinoxate, and oxybenzone· 1 maker
- podophyllum peltatum, ascorbicum acidum, galium aparine, hydrastis canadensis, nicotinamidum, pyridoxinum hydrochloricum, riboflavinum, sarcolacticum acidum, thiaminum hydrochloricum, alpha-lipoicum acidum, colchicum autumnale, conium maculatum, natrum oxalaceticum, sulphur, vaccinium myrtillus, norepinephrine, acetylsalicylicum acidum, adenosinum triphosphoricum dinatrum, anthrachinonum, histaminum hydrochloricum, magnesium gluconicum dihydricum, nadidum, naphthochinonum, pantothenic acid, ubidecarenonum,· 1 maker
Common questions
- Is Hydroquinone in shortage right now?
- No. FDA does not currently list Hydroquinone 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 Hydroquinone?
- 20 companies have marketed Hydroquinone in the last 30 days, according to the FDA NDC Directory. Every manufacturer and package is listed on this page.
- What does Hydroquinone cost?
- The typical pharmacy pays about $0.5168 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.
All marketed products
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