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sterile water

11 marketed package NDCs · 6 makers active in the last 30 days (plus 2 repackagers)

Not counted: 1 bulk-ingredient, export-only or further-processing listing.

Makers by form: Injection 3 (+2 repack.) · Injection, Solution 1 · Irrigant 1 · Solution 1

ⓘ How this was built
Data sources
  • FDA NDC Directory (openFDA), read daily — package listings, marketing category, labeler
  • DailyMed SPL establishment roles + name patterns → derived.labeler_kinds (repackager classification)
Method

Marketed package NDCs are listings for this exact FDA generic-name string (and dosage form, when one is selected) that are in the current directory file and are finished products — bulk ingredients, export-only and further-processing listings are excluded and counted separately. Makers are distinct labeler names seen in the last 30 days minus classified repackagers/relabelers; a listing is not proof of shipping volume. To check: search the generic name in FDA's NDC Directory and count labelers.

Pipeline and calculations built by Claude (Fable 5) from the public datasets above. Educational only — verify against primary sources before acting.

Same molecule, listed under other names (separate rosters and prices): water (112 NDCs, in shortage) · sterile water for injection (7 NDCs, in shortage) · water solution (5 NDCs) · water injection (3 NDCs) · water for injection (1 NDC)

All formsInjection (8)Irrigant (2)Injection, Solution (1)

The short version

6 companies list this market (plus 2 repackagers, which add no supply) — a reasonable cushion if one runs into trouble. FDA lists this drug as in shortage right now (one presentation or maker) — reason given: “other”.

ⓘ How this was built
Data sources
  • FDA NDC Directory (openFDA) — labelers active in the last 30 days, repackagers classified from DailyMed SPL establishment roles
  • CMS NADAC — latest price vs the price in effect ~12 months earlier
  • FDA drug shortages and enforcement reports (openFDA)
  • FDA inspection classifications; DrugDashboards fragility score and 90-day shortage model
Method

Each sentence is a template that fires only when its condition holds in the data shown lower on this page: maker counts are distinct FDA labelers listing this molecule and dosage form in the last 30 days minus classified repackagers; the price trend compares the newest NADAC with the last price in effect at least 9 months earlier; shortage and recall sentences restate FDA rows for this drug's presentations (Class I/II, trailing 12 months); the plant sentence needs a MANUFACTURE-role establishment with a drug-quality OAI in 24 months; the verdict restates the fragility band; the risk sentence appears only when the model's probability is at least 1.5× the typical market. Nothing here is inferred beyond those rules.

Pipeline and calculations built by Claude (Fable 5) from the public datasets above. Educational only — verify against primary sources before acting.

Common questions

Is Sterile water in shortage right now?
Yes, for at least one presentation. FDA's shortage list currently carries 1 Sterile water listing (Sterile Water, Injection, 1 mL/1 mL (NDC 0487-6105-01)), with the reason given as "other". Other presentations may be unaffected. This page is rebuilt every morning from FDA's shortage database.
Who makes Sterile water?
6 companies have listed Sterile water in the FDA NDC Directory in the last 30 days, not counting 2 repackagers that relist other makers' products. A listing is not proof of volume; the products below show every listed package.
ⓘ How this was built
Data sources
  • FDA drug shortages (openFDA)
  • FDA NDC Directory + derived.labeler_kinds
  • CMS NADAC weekly file
Method

Shortage: any Current FDA row whose package NDC belongs to this generic-name string or whose listing name normalizes to the same molecule; the presentations named are those rows. Makers: distinct labelers listing this string in the last 30 days, repackagers excluded. Cost: the median of each NDC's most recent NADAC within 6 months, restricted to the market's most common billing unit and to the generic cohort when one exists.

Pipeline and calculations built by Claude (Fable 5) from the public datasets above. Educational only — verify against primary sources before acting.

Shortage reports for this molecule (all forms)

ⓘ How this was built
Data sources
  • FDA drug shortages via openFDA (the live file: Current, To Be Discontinued, recently Resolved)
Method

One row per FDA listing (company × presentation × package) whose NDC belongs to a product with this generic-name string, newest posting first, up to 40. openFDA drops resolved rows after about six months; older episodes appear on each drug's page from the Wayback archive.

Pipeline and calculations built by Claude (Fable 5) from the public datasets above. Educational only — verify against primary sources before acting.

  • In shortage now — Sterile Water, Injection, 1 mL/1 mL (NDC 0487-6105-01)Nov 23, 2021

All marketed products

11 marketed NDCs, every one listed. NADAC prices show the file date; prices older than 6 months are greyed.

ⓘ How this was built
Data sources
  • FDA NDC Directory (openFDA) — products, packages, labelers, marketing category, TE code (application-level)
  • CMS NADAC — each NDC's latest price
  • DrugDashboards fragility v1 score
Method

Finished products currently in the NDC Directory under this generic-name string (bulk, export-only and further-processing listings excluded). 'Widely marketed' marks the four form/strength/package combinations with the most NADAC-priced NDCs — a proxy for retail availability, not dispensing volume. Labeler counts in the tree include repackagers, marked in the roster on each drug page.

Pipeline and calculations built by Claude (Fable 5) from the public datasets above. Educational only — verify against primary sources before acting.

Expand a strength to see its dosage forms, then package sizes, then each labeler and NDC (labelers include repackagers). Click an NDC for its full detail page.