The short version
14 companies supply this market — deep enough that no single failure threatens the supply. The price is up 14% over the past year, to $0.0433 per mL.
Market view
coal tar · Shampoo
30 marketed package NDCs · 14 active manufacturers
Most dispensed: .005 g/g · Shampoo · #249.6 g/bottle · .005 g/g · Shampoo · #250.08 g/bottle · 5 mg/mL · Shampoo · #251 mL/bottle, plastic · 5 mg/mL · Shampoo · #251 mL/bottle
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 $0.0433 · middle half $0.026–$0.0433 · full range $0.0088–$0.0433 · 3 products · 14 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 coal tar, newest first — price moves, shortages, recalls, and manufacturers entering or leaving. Detected by comparing each day’s federal data against the day before.
- Dermatology Psoriasis CreamAug 26, 2026Mfr enteredG.M.J Natural Products, Inc. · coal tar
- Dermatology Psoriasis CreamAug 26, 2026New productG.M.J Natural Products, Inc.
- Thera-GelAug 19, 2026Price upNADAC $0.00872 → $0.00878 per unit (+0.69%)
- Dhs TarAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $0.04493 → $0.04326 per unit (-3.72%)
- DHS tar gelAug 19, 2026Price downNADAC $0.04493 → $0.04326 per unit (-3.72%)
- Thera-GelJul 22, 2026Price upNADAC $0.00866 → $0.00872 per unit (+0.69%)
Common questions
- Is Coal tar in shortage right now?
- No. FDA does not currently list Coal tar 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 Coal tar?
- 22 companies have marketed Coal tar in the last 30 days, according to the FDA NDC Directory. Every manufacturer and package is listed on this page.
- What does Coal tar cost?
- The typical pharmacy pays about $0.0433 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.
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.