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azelaic acid

44 marketed package NDCs · 19 active manufacturers

Most dispensed: .15 g/g · Gel · #1 tube/carton / 50 g in 1 tube · .15 g/g · Aerosol, Foam · #1 can/carton / 50 g in 1 can · 1 kg/kg · Powder · #50 kg/drum

The short version

19 companies supply this market — deep enough that no single failure threatens the supply. The generic price has fallen 33% in a year, to $0.4345 per gram — and generics that get this cheap tend to get abandoned rather than defended. The brand runs $8.34 per gram 19× more.

Price range and competition

RSS: changes for this drug
priced separately — they are not the same market

Generic products only. Every 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.

$0$2.00$4.00Jan 2019Sep 2026019companies actively selling

Latest · Sep 2026 — typical price $0.4345 · middle half $0.4345$0.4345 · full range $0.4345$0.4345 · 5 products · 19 companies

middle half of companies’ pricestypical (median) pricewhat manufacturers charge wholesalers (WAMP)companies actively selling (bottom lane)Priced per gramSource: CMS NADAC
ⓘ 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 azelaic acid, newest first — price moves, shortages, recalls, and manufacturers entering or leaving. Detected by comparing each day’s federal data against the day before.

  • azelaic acidAug 19, 2026
    Price down
    NADAC $0.44791 → $0.43454 per unit (-2.98%)
  • Azelaic AcidAug 19, 2026
    Price down
    NADAC $0.44791 → $0.43454 per unit (-2.98%)
  • Finacea FoamAug 19, 2026
    Price up
    NADAC $8.33212 → $8.33943 per unit (+0.09%)
  • Azelaic Acid GelAug 19, 2026
    Price down
    NADAC $0.44791 → $0.43454 per unit (-2.98%)
  • Azelaic Acid GelAug 19, 2026
    Price down
    NADAC $0.44791 → $0.43454 per unit (-2.98%)
  • azelaic acidAug 19, 2026
    Price down
    NADAC $0.44791 → $0.43454 per unit (-2.98%)
  • Azelaic AcidAug 15, 2026
    New product
    Alivus Life Sciences Limited
  • azelaic acidAug 11, 2026
    New recall
    Class II · Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc., USA
  • Finacea FoamJul 22, 2026
    Price up
    NADAC $8.32622 → $8.33212 per unit (+0.07%)
  • azelaic acidJul 22, 2026
    Price down
    NADAC $0.4519 → $0.44791 per unit (-0.88%)

Common questions

Is Azelaic acid in shortage right now?
No. FDA does not currently list Azelaic acid 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 Azelaic acid?
19 companies have marketed Azelaic acid in the last 30 days, according to the FDA NDC Directory. Every manufacturer and package is listed on this page.
What does Azelaic acid cost?
The typical pharmacy pays about $0.4345 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.