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human insulin

13 marketed package NDCs · 2 active manufacturers

Most dispensed: INSULIN HUMAN 100 [iU]/mL · Injection, Suspension · #1 vial/carton / 10 ml in 1 vial · INSULIN HUMAN 100 [iU]/mL · Injection, Suspension · #5 syringe, plastics/carton / 3 ml in 1 syringe, plastic · INSULIN HUMAN 100 [iU]/mL · Injection, Solution · #1 vial/carton / 10 ml in 1 vial · INSULIN HUMAN 100 [iU]/mL · Injection, Solution · #5 syringe, plastics/carton / 3 ml in 1 syringe, plastic

The short version

Just 2 companies supply this market — thin enough that a single exit would be felt immediately. The price has held steady around $5.22 per mL over the past year. Historically, drugs in this position went on to a new shortage within 90 days about 0.4% of the time — roughly 3× the typical drug (0.1%).

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.

$0$10.00$20.00Oct 2013Sep 202602companies actively selling

Latest · Sep 2026 — typical price $5.22 · middle half $4.63$5.82 · full range $4.62$5.83 · 6 products · 2 companies

middle half of companies’ pricestypical (median) pricecompanies actively selling (bottom lane)Priced per mLSource: 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 human insulin, newest first — price moves, shortages, recalls, and manufacturers entering or leaving. Detected by comparing each day’s federal data against the day before.

  • Novolin 70/30Aug 19, 2026
    Price up
    NADAC $5.82614 → $5.82646 per unit (+0.01%)
  • Novolin NAug 19, 2026
    Price up
    NADAC $5.82295 → $5.82346 per unit (+0.01%)
  • Novolin RAug 19, 2026
    Price up
    NADAC $5.81569 → $5.81565 per unit (0%)
  • Novolin 70/30Aug 19, 2026
    Price up
    NADAC $4.62752 → $4.62801 per unit (+0.01%)
  • Novolin NAug 19, 2026
    Price up
    NADAC $4.62101 → $4.62108 per unit (0%)
  • Novolin RAug 19, 2026
    Price up
    NADAC $4.6237 → $4.62485 per unit (+0.02%)
  • Novolin NJul 22, 2026
    Price down
    NADAC $4.62223 → $4.62101 per unit (-0.03%)
  • Novolin RJul 22, 2026
    Price down
    NADAC $4.62492 → $4.6237 per unit (-0.03%)
  • Novolin NJul 22, 2026
    Price down
    NADAC $5.824 → $5.82295 per unit (-0.02%)
  • Novolin 70/30Jul 22, 2026
    Price up
    NADAC $5.82621 → $5.82614 per unit (0%)

Same drug class

Other molecules FDA puts in Insulin, 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 Human insulin in shortage right now?
No. FDA does not currently list Human insulin 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 Human insulin?
2 companies have marketed Human insulin 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 Human insulin cost?
The typical pharmacy pays about $5.22 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.