The short version
Only one company currently supplies this market — there is no backup if it stumbles. The price has held steady around $2.43 per mL over the past year. It is in shortage right now.
Market view
cromolyn sodium · Liquid
1 marketed package NDCs · 1 active manufacturer
Most dispensed: 100 mg/5mL · Solution, Concentrate · #12 pouchs/carton / 8 ampule in 1 pouch / 5 ml in 1 ampule · 5.2 mg · Spray, Metered · #1 bottle/carton / 200 spray, metered in 1 bottle · 40 mg/mL · Solution/ Drops · #1 bottle, plastic/carton / 10 ml in 1 bottle, plastic · 20 mg/2mL · Solution · #12 pouchs/carton / 5 vial, single-dose in 1 pouch / 2 ml in 1 vial, single-dose
Price range and competition
RSS: changes for this drugEvery 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.
Latest · Sep 2026 — typical price $2.43 · middle half $2.43–$2.43 · full range $2.43–$2.43 · 1 products · 1 companies
ⓘ 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 cromolyn sodium, newest first — price moves, shortages, recalls, and manufacturers entering or leaving. Detected by comparing each day’s federal data against the day before.
- Cromolyn SodiumAug 19, 2026Price upNADAC $0.31414 → $0.33569 per unit (+6.86%)
- Cromolyn SodiumAug 19, 2026Price upNADAC $0.56686 → $0.58448 per unit (+3.11%)
- Cromolyn SodiumAug 19, 2026Price upNADAC $0.97346 → $0.98098 per unit (+0.77%)
- Cromolyn SodiumAug 19, 2026Price upNADAC $0.31414 → $0.33569 per unit (+6.86%)
- Cromolyn SodiumAug 19, 2026Price upNADAC $0.31414 → $0.33569 per unit (+6.86%)
- Cromolyn SodiumAug 19, 2026Price upNADAC $0.97346 → $0.98098 per unit (+0.77%)
- GastrocromAug 19, 2026Price upNADAC $2.43162 → $2.43248 per unit (+0.04%)
- Cromolyn SodiumAug 19, 2026Mfr exitedMicro Labs Limited · cromolyn sodium
- Cromolyn SodiumJul 22, 2026Price downNADAC $1.02776 → $0.97346 per unit (-5.28%)
- Cromolyn SodiumJul 22, 2026Price downNADAC $1.02776 → $0.97346 per unit (-5.28%)
Same drug class
Other molecules FDA puts in Mast Cell Stabilizer, 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 Cromolyn sodium in shortage right now?
- Yes. FDA currently lists Cromolyn sodium in shortage. This page is rebuilt every morning from FDA's shortage database.
- Who makes Cromolyn sodium?
- 25 companies have marketed Cromolyn sodium in the last 30 days, according to the FDA NDC Directory. Every manufacturer and package is listed on this page.
- What does Cromolyn sodium cost?
- The typical pharmacy pays about $0.5845 per mL, 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
- In shortage now — Gastrocrom, Concentrate, 20 mg/1 mL (NDC 0037-0678-96)Nov 3, 2023
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.