Current and resolved US drug shortages from the FDA: what is short, which company reports
Current and resolved US drug shortages from the FDA: what is short, which company reports it, the reason, dosage form, therapeutic category and whether the shortage is still ongoing. A supply-chain signal for pharmacy, procurement and formulary systems, published free by the FDA.
20000 (raw units)
price
1
calls / 30d
1
unique payers
2026-08-24
updated
Provider
x402-filings.datalayer.workers.dev · discovered, not yet claimed by its owner
Payment (x402 accepts[])
[
{
"scheme": "exact",
"network": "eip155:8453",
"payTo": "0x917e635b83F0dd7e8172c55EC4EEbb28B734cA85",
"asset": "0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913",
"amount": "20000",
"maxTimeoutSeconds": 60
}
]Output schema
{
"bazaar": {
"info": {
"input": {
"method": "GET",
"queryParams": {
"company": "Hospira",
"drug": "amoxicillin",
"limit": 25,
"status": "current"
},
"type": "http"
},
"output": {
"example": {
"count": 25,
"currentlyShort": 25,
"query": {
"limit": 25,
"status": "current"
},
"shortages": [
{
"availability": "Limited supply",
"company": "Example Pharma",
"dosageForm": "POWDER, FOR SUSPENSION;ORAL",
"genericName": "Amoxicillin Oral Suspension",
"initialPostingDate": "2026-02-11",
"reason": "Demand increase for the drug",
"status": "Current",
"therapeuticCategory": "Anti-Infective"
}
]
},
"type": "json"
}
},
"schema": {
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"properties": {
"input": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"method": {
"enum": [
"GET"
],
"type": "string"
},
"queryParams": {
"properties": {
"company": {
"description": "Reporting company name.",
"examples": [
"Hospira"
],
"type": "string"
},
"drug": {
"description": "Generic drug name.",
"examples": [
"amoxicillin"
],
"type": "string"
},
"limit": {
"description": "Max records, 1-100. Default 25.",
"examples": [
25
],
"type": "integer"
},
"status": {
"description": "current or resolved. Omit for both.",
"examples": [
"current"
],
"type": "string"
}
},
"type": "object"
},
"type": {
"const": "http",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"method"
],
"type": "object"
},
"output": {
"properties": {
"example": {
"type": "object"
},
"type": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type"
],
"type": "object"
}
},
"required": [
"input"
],
"type": "object"
}
}
}Use it
curl
curl "https://x402-filings.datalayer.workers.dev/v1/fda/drug-shortages" # -> 402 Payment Required, accepts[] lists how to pay # retry with a PAYMENT-SIGNATURE (or PAYMENT header) once paid
JavaScript
const res = await fetch("https://x402-filings.datalayer.workers.dev/v1/fda/drug-shortages");
if (res.status === 402) {
const { accepts } = await res.json();
// pay one of accepts[] via an x402 client, then retry with the payment header
}Python
import httpx
res = httpx.get("https://x402-filings.datalayer.workers.dev/v1/fda/drug-shortages")
if res.status_code == 402:
accepts = res.json()["accepts"]
# pay one of accepts[] via an x402 client, then retry with the payment headerMachine-readable
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