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Finasteride 5 mg tablet

Public data on finasteride from CMS and FDA: what pharmacies have paid for it, how many generic applications FDA has approved, and whether it appears in FDA's shortage or recall records.

$0.0686
NADAC per ea (2026-11)
approximate acquisition cost, not a retail price
-7%
change over five years
peak $0.2443 in 2014-02
22
approved generic applications (ANDAs) on record for Finasteride
14 with a product still marketed · first 2006
Not listed
in FDA's current shortage list
no matching FDA shortage entries

NADAC per unit, monthly

FINASTERIDE 5 MG TABLET
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MonthNADAC per unit ($)
2013-110.17591
2014-020.24433
2014-050.16963
2014-080.16312
2014-110.15665
2015-020.16880
2015-050.15675
2015-080.14378
2015-110.12956
2016-020.12484
2016-050.14447
2016-080.12610
2016-110.11823
2017-020.11185
2017-050.10455
2017-080.10009
2017-110.09454
2018-020.09135
2018-050.08990
2018-080.08671
2018-110.08417
2019-020.08017
2019-050.07885
2019-080.08087
2019-110.09051
2020-020.09588
2020-050.09388
2020-080.08930
2020-110.07689
2021-020.07674
2021-050.07854
2021-080.07655
2021-110.07369
2022-020.07534
2022-050.07285
2022-080.06869
2022-110.06309
2023-020.05942
2023-050.08473
2023-080.08156
2023-110.07307
2024-020.07253
2024-050.06436
2024-080.06593
2024-110.06395
2025-020.06739
2025-050.06955
2025-080.07053
2025-110.07051
2026-020.06932
2026-050.06961
2026-080.06831
2026-110.06864

Source: CMS NADAC weekly files, generic rows, monthly median of weekly averages · data as of 2026-11. Figures can change and may contain errors in the source data. Check the original source before relying on them.

Recall records mentioning finasteride

openFDA enforcement records, by year reported.

20251
20235
20204
20184
20171
20151
20141

17 records since 2012. A record is one product or lot, not one recall event. Combination products that contain finasteride are included.

What these numbers mean

NADAC is what retail pharmacies pay on average to buy the drug, published by CMS. It does not include rebates and is not what you pay at the counter. ANDA counts include all strengths and forms and applications whose products are now discontinued.

Most recent recall records

Class IIOngoing
Finasteride product
Reason category: cGMP deviations
FDA recall number D-0262-2025
Class IIOngoing
Finasteride tablets
Reason category: cGMP deviations
FDA recall number D-0516-2023
Class IITerminated
Finasteride tablets
Reason category: cGMP deviations
FDA recall number D-0477-2023
Class IITerminated
Finasteride tablets
Reason category: cGMP deviations
FDA recall number D-0390-2023
Class IITerminated
Finasteride tablets usp
Reason category: cGMP deviations
FDA recall number D-0391-2023

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Articles that mention finasteride

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