The short version
Only one company currently supplies this market — there is no backup if it stumbles. The price is up 28% over the past year, to $0.0585 per gram.
Market view
rugby zinc oxide 20% · Ointment
3 marketed package NDCs · 1 active manufacturer
Most dispensed: ZINC OXIDE 20 g/100g · Ointment · #12 jars/case / 454 g in 1 jar · ZINC OXIDE 20 g/100g · Ointment · #72 tubes/case / 30 g in 1 tube · ZINC OXIDE 20 g/100g · Ointment · #72 tubes/case / 60 g in 1 tube
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 $0.0585 · middle half $0.037–$0.0686 · full range $0.0155–$0.0786 · 3 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 rugby zinc oxide 20%, newest first — price moves, shortages, recalls, and manufacturers entering or leaving. Detected by comparing each day’s federal data against the day before.
- Rugby Zinc Oxide 20%Aug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $0.0157 → $0.01551 per unit (-1.21%)
- Rugby Zinc Oxide 20%Aug 19, 2026Price upNADAC $0.07658 → $0.07864 per unit (+2.69%)
- Rugby Zinc Oxide 20%Aug 19, 2026Price upNADAC $0.05813 → $0.05851 per unit (+0.65%)
- Rugby Zinc Oxide 20%Jul 22, 2026Price downNADAC $0.01597 → $0.0157 per unit (-1.69%)
- Rugby Zinc Oxide 20%Jul 22, 2026Price downNADAC $0.07728 → $0.07658 per unit (-0.91%)
- Rugby Zinc Oxide 20%Jul 22, 2026Price downNADAC $0.05912 → $0.05813 per unit (-1.67%)
Common questions
- Is Rugby zinc oxide 20% in shortage right now?
- No. FDA does not currently list Rugby zinc oxide 20% 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 Rugby zinc oxide 20%?
- 1 company has marketed Rugby zinc oxide 20% in the last 30 days, according to the FDA NDC Directory. That is a thin market — if one stops making it, supply is at risk quickly. Every manufacturer and package is listed on this page.
- What does Rugby zinc oxide 20% cost?
- The typical pharmacy pays about $0.0585 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
Expand a strength to see its dosage forms, then package sizes, then each manufacturer and NDC. Click an NDC for its full detail page.