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FDA Drug Shortages
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FDA Drug Shortages is a paid API for AI agents from x402-filings.datalayer.workers.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-12).
Retrieves current and resolved US drug shortage data from the FDA, including the drug name, reporting company, reason for shortage, dosage form, therapeutic category, and shortage status.
Price / call$0.02
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StatusUnknown
How this service works
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.
Output
Returns a list of drug shortage records (up to the specified limit, default 25), each containing the generic drug name, reporting company, reason for shortage, dosage form, therapeutic category, and whether the shortage is current or resolved. Data is sourced directly from the FDA's publicly published shortage database.
Example use cases
Pharmacy formulary shortage check
“Look up the FDA database for any current drug shortages affecting methotrexate and tell me the reason for the shortage and which company reported it.”
Procurement supply chain monitoring
“Pull the latest current drug shortages from the FDA and give me up to 50 records so our procurement team can see what's at risk right now.”
Resolved shortage history review
“Check the FDA drug shortages data for any resolved shortages reported by Hospira — I want to see what supply issues they've had in the past.”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://x402-filings.datalayer.workers.dev/v1/fda/drug-shortages?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need real-time, structured FDA drug shortage data for pharmacy, procurement, or formulary workflows. It is ideal when you need to filter shortages by drug name, company, or status (current vs. resolved) and want clean structured output rather than scraping the FDA website. Prefer this over general web search when you need reliable, consistently formatted shortage records for automated supply chain signals.
Side effects
- No matching records found for the specified drug name or company — returns empty result set
- Invalid status value (not 'current' or 'resolved') may return an error or empty results
- Limit out of range (outside 1-100) may return an error
- Transient upstream FDA data feed unavailability causing delayed or stale results
- Payment failure due to insufficient USDC balance blocking the request
Input
Schema · Request body
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