Is Baby skin protectant in shortage right now?

No. FDA does not currently list Baby skin protectant 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 Baby skin protectant?

1 company has marketed Baby skin protectant 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 Baby skin protectant cost?

The typical pharmacy pays about $0.0542 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.

Market view

baby skin protectant

1 marketed package NDCs · 1 active manufacturer

Most dispensed: PETROLATUM 41 g/100g · Ointment · #85 g/tube

The short version

Only one company currently supplies this market — there is no backup if it stumbles. The price has jumped 40% in a year, to $0.0542 per gram — sharp rises like this often mean supply is already tightening.

Price range and competition

RSS: changes for this drug

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.

Latest · Sep 2026 — typical price $0.0542 · middle half $0.0542–$0.0542 · full range $0.0542–$0.0542 · 1 products · 1 companies

middle half of companies’ pricestypical (median) pricecompanies actively selling (bottom lane)Priced per gramⓘSource: 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.

Common questions

Is Baby skin protectant in shortage right now?: No. FDA does not currently list Baby skin protectant 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 Baby skin protectant?: 1 company has marketed Baby skin protectant 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 Baby skin protectant cost?: The typical pharmacy pays about $0.0542 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.