The short version
Just 2 companies supply this market — thin enough that a single exit would be felt immediately.
Market view
meropenem · Powder
3 marketed package NDCs · 2 active manufacturers
Most dispensed: 500 mg/10mL · Injection, Powder, For Solution · #10 vials/carton / 10 ml in 1 vial · 1 g/20mL · Injection, Powder, For Solution · #10 vials/carton / 20 ml in 1 vial · 500 mg/20mL · Injection · #10 vials/carton / 20 ml in 1 vial · 1 g/30mL · Injection · #10 vials/carton / 30 ml in 1 vial
What changed in the last 90 days
Every detected change for meropenem, newest first — price moves, shortages, recalls, and manufacturers entering or leaving. Detected by comparing each day’s federal data against the day before.
- MeropenemAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $4.83849 → $4.66869 per unit (-3.51%)
- MeropenemAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $4.83849 → $4.66869 per unit (-3.51%)
- MeropenemAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $4.83849 → $4.66869 per unit (-3.51%)
- MeropenemAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $4.83849 → $4.66869 per unit (-3.51%)
- MeropenemAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $4.83849 → $4.66869 per unit (-3.51%)
- MeropenemAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $4.83849 → $4.66869 per unit (-3.51%)
- MeropenemAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $4.83849 → $4.66869 per unit (-3.51%)
- MeropenemAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $4.83849 → $4.66869 per unit (-3.51%)
- MeropenemAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $4.83849 → $4.66869 per unit (-3.51%)
- MeropenemAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $4.83849 → $4.66869 per unit (-3.51%)
Same drug class
Other molecules FDA puts in Penem 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 Meropenem in shortage right now?
- No. FDA does not currently list Meropenem 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 Meropenem?
- 19 companies have marketed Meropenem in the last 30 days, according to the FDA NDC Directory. Every manufacturer and package is listed on this page.
- What does Meropenem cost?
- The typical pharmacy pays about $4.67 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.