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Desonide

Desonide

3 ACTIVE SUPPLIERS — US
openFDA · updated weekly
US5 NDCs
3 active makers
UKComing
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CAComing
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AUComing
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EUComing
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RxCUI (US)3254
US makers4 labelers
Packages9
DEA / ScheduleNone

US acquisition costNADAC · per unit

Average across 6 priced NDCs. A benchmark of pharmacy acquisition cost — not a retail quote.

$0.177$0.353$0.530$0.706Dec 2025Apr 2026Jul 2026
$0.529
Latest avg · Jul 22, 2026
+14%
Since Dec 17, 2025
3
Active US suppliers
86%
Top-2 supplier share*

Medicaid dispensing volumeSDUD · per quarter

Prescriptions dispensed under Medicaid (fee-for-service + managed care), summed nationally. The closest free proxy to sales volume — Medicaid only, not all-payer.

5171.0K1.5K2.1K2025 Q12025 Q22025 Q32025 Q42026 Q1
1.4K
Rx · 2026 Q1
125K
Units dispensed
+4%
Rx vs. year ago
5
Quarters · since 2025 Q1

Who makes it3 active · 1 exited

US labelers as registered with FDA. Repackagers relabel another company's product; share* is of listed packages, not sales.

LabelerTypePackagesStatus
Alembic Pharmaceuticals Limitedunknown4SUPPLYING
SUN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES, INC.unknown2SUPPLYING
Bryant Ranch Prepackrepackager1SUPPLYING
Actavis Pharma, Inc.unknown2EXITED 2028

Regulatory & supply eventsFDA · US

Shortages, recalls, and registration changes attached to this drug concept.

  • Sep 18, 2025
    RESOLVEDShortage resolved: Desonide Lotion (Actavis Pharma, Inc.)

    Desonide Lotion — reported in shortage by Actavis Pharma, Inc.. Therapeutic category: Dermatology.

  • Sep 18, 2025
    SHORTAGEDrug shortage: Desonide Lotion (Actavis Pharma, Inc.)

    Desonide Lotion — reported in shortage by Actavis Pharma, Inc.. Therapeutic category: Dermatology.