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Pravastatin 40 mg tablet

Public data on pravastatin 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.

$0.0789
NADAC per ea (2026-11)
approximate acquisition cost, not a retail price
-15%
change over five years
peak $0.6706 in 2014-01
16
approved generic applications (ANDAs) on record for Pravastatin Sodium
13 with a product still marketed · first 2006
Not listed
in FDA's current shortage list
no matching FDA shortage entries

NADAC per unit, monthly

PRAVASTATIN SODIUM 40 MG TAB
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MonthNADAC per unit ($)
2013-110.51112
2014-020.65123
2014-050.59508
2014-080.52433
2014-110.50726
2015-020.46763
2015-050.44079
2015-080.39654
2015-110.31830
2016-020.28857
2016-050.25448
2016-080.23746
2016-110.21997
2017-020.19151
2017-050.18242
2017-080.18775
2017-110.17158
2018-020.15909
2018-050.13776
2018-080.12956
2018-110.12712
2019-020.10956
2019-050.09768
2019-080.10162
2019-110.10100
2020-020.10068
2020-050.10756
2020-080.10500
2020-110.09321
2021-020.10115
2021-050.09274
2021-080.09643
2021-110.09249
2022-020.08829
2022-050.08813
2022-080.09038
2022-110.08719
2023-020.08195
2023-050.08534
2023-080.08978
2023-110.08261
2024-020.08619
2024-050.07519
2024-080.07899
2024-110.07770
2025-020.08052
2025-050.08604
2025-080.08904
2025-110.08817
2026-020.08636
2026-050.08447
2026-080.08460
2026-110.07888

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 pravastatin

openFDA enforcement records, by year reported.

20254
20241
20235
20191
20182
20173
20131

17 records since 2012. A record is one product or lot, not one recall event. Combination products that contain pravastatin 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
Pravastatin sodium tablets
Reason category: cGMP deviations
FDA recall number D-0341-2025
Class IIOngoing
Pravastatin sodium tablets
Reason category: cGMP deviations
FDA recall number D-0325-2025
Class IIOngoing
Pravastatin sodium tablets
Reason category: cGMP deviations
FDA recall number D-0350-2025
Class IIOngoing
Pravastatin sodium tablets
Reason category: cGMP deviations
FDA recall number D-0349-2025
Class IIOngoing
Pravastatin sodium tablets
Reason category: Dissolution failure
FDA recall number D-0612-2024

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