The short version
12 companies supply this market — deep enough that no single failure threatens the supply.
Market view
varenicline tartrate · Powder
20 marketed package NDCs · 12 active manufacturers
Most dispensed: 1 mg · Tablet, Film Coated · #56 tablet, film coateds/bottle · .5 mg · Tablet, Film Coated · #56 tablet, film coateds/bottle · Kit · #1 kit/carton * 11 tablet, film coated in 1 blister pack * 42 tablet, film coated in 1 blister pack · Kit · #1 kit/box * 11 tablet, film coated in 1 blister pack * 42 tablet, film coated in 1 blister pack
What changed in the last 90 days
Every detected change for varenicline tartrate, newest first — price moves, shortages, recalls, and manufacturers entering or leaving. Detected by comparing each day’s federal data against the day before.
- VareniclineAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $0.47257 → $0.41215 per unit (-12.79%)
- VareniclineAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $0.38371 → $0.35025 per unit (-8.72%)
- VareniclineAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $0.37684 → $0.33637 per unit (-10.74%)
- Varenicline tartrateAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $0.38371 → $0.35025 per unit (-8.72%)
- Varenicline tartrateAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $0.37684 → $0.33637 per unit (-10.74%)
- VareniclineAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $0.47257 → $0.41215 per unit (-12.79%)
- Varenicline TartrateAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $0.47257 → $0.41215 per unit (-12.79%)
- varenicline tartrateAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $0.47257 → $0.41215 per unit (-12.79%)
- varenicline tartrateAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $0.38371 → $0.35025 per unit (-8.72%)
- varenicline tartrateAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $0.38371 → $0.35025 per unit (-8.72%)
Same drug class
Other molecules FDA puts in Partial Cholinergic Nicotinic Agonist, 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 Varenicline tartrate in shortage right now?
- No. FDA does not currently list Varenicline tartrate 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 Varenicline tartrate?
- 35 companies have marketed Varenicline tartrate in the last 30 days, according to the FDA NDC Directory. Every manufacturer and package is listed on this page.
- What does Varenicline tartrate cost?
- The typical pharmacy pays about $0.3503 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
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