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Warfarin 5 mg tablet

Public data on warfarin 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.

$0.0892
NADAC per ea (2026-11)
approximate acquisition cost, not a retail price
-17%
change over five years
peak $0.2073 in 2015-04
10
approved generic applications (ANDAs) on record for Warfarin Sodium
6 with a product still marketed · first 1997
Not listed
in FDA's current shortage list
no matching FDA shortage entries

NADAC per unit, monthly

WARFARIN SODIUM 5 MG TABLET
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MonthNADAC per unit ($)
2013-110.07510
2014-020.08070
2014-050.08060
2014-080.09548
2014-110.18365
2015-020.18992
2015-050.19745
2015-080.19912
2015-110.16712
2016-020.17146
2016-050.17113
2016-080.14700
2016-110.14570
2017-020.14077
2017-050.12798
2017-080.12568
2017-110.12286
2018-020.12490
2018-050.11703
2018-080.10838
2018-110.10926
2019-020.10871
2019-050.10336
2019-080.10675
2019-110.09974
2020-020.10433
2020-050.09655
2020-080.09950
2020-110.11013
2021-020.10349
2021-050.11684
2021-080.11018
2021-110.10797
2022-020.10559
2022-050.10009
2022-080.11058
2022-110.10083
2023-020.10544
2023-050.09555
2023-080.09864
2023-110.09211
2024-020.09884
2024-050.09296
2024-080.09076
2024-110.09193
2025-020.09538
2025-050.09499
2025-080.09874
2025-110.09522
2026-020.08628
2026-050.08500
2026-080.08877
2026-110.08916

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 warfarin

openFDA enforcement records, by year reported.

20242
20231
20151
20144
20131

9 records since 2012. A record is one product or lot, not one recall event. Combination products that contain warfarin 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 IITerminated
Warfarin sodium tablets
Reason category: Labeling or packaging error
FDA recall number D-0200-2024
Class IITerminated
Warfarin sodium tablets
Reason category: Labeling or packaging error
FDA recall number D-0201-2024
Class IITerminated
Warfarin sodium tablets
Reason category: Impurities (e.g. nitrosamines)
FDA recall number D-0348-2023
Class IITerminated
Warfarin product
Reason category: Sterility / contamination
FDA recall number D-1029-2015
Class IIITerminated
Warfarin sodium tablets
Reason category: Failed specifications (other)
FDA recall number D-1584-2014

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Articles that mention warfarin

11 GxRadar articles cite or discuss this drug.

CLOPIDOGREL · NADAC
Price histories · Data story · 5 min

What pharmacies paid for warfarin and clopidogrel, 2013 to 2026

Federal NADAC data show generic warfarin jumped in 2014 and never returned to its 2013 price, while clopidogrel, generic since 2012, lost more than half its price in two bursts.

Equivalence & alternatives · Explainer · 5 min

Narrow therapeutic index drugs and the tighter test for their generics

Warfarin, levothyroxine, phenytoin and a few other drugs face a stricter generic test scaled to the brand's own variability. How it works, which drugs it covers and where state law adds rules.

PRICE INDEX · 2014 = 100
Price histories · Data story · 6 min

The generics that cost pharmacies more than they did in 2014

Most generics in GxRadar's 47-drug basket got cheaper. Seven cost pharmacies more than in January 2014, led by furosemide at 2.8 times its 2014 price. What federal cost and shortage data show, drug by drug.

Using medicines safely · Explainer · 6 min

Scored tablets and what the label says about them

Since 2013, FDA has reserved the phrase "functional scoring" for tablets tested to split evenly. Where that wording appears on a prescription label, what sits behind it, and how often it shows up in FDA's data.

Generic or brand · Explainer · 5 min

The pharmacist's role in generic substitution

What a pharmacist checks before swapping in a generic: the Orange Book code, the prescriber's instructions, state rules for narrow therapeutic index drugs, and the counseling duty set by OBRA '90.

The approval pathway · Explainer · 6 min

Reference listed drug, reference standard and basis of submission, explained

Every generic copies one approved product and is tested against another, and they are often not the same pill. How FDA defines the RLD and the reference standard, and what the Orange Book shows for common generics.