This week's public shortage-monitoring issue.
A timestamped digest with sample FDA/openFDA monitoring output, export links, and plain limitations.
View public signalsPublic FDA/openFDA watchlist monitoring
Replace the shortage-checking ritual.
FDA drug shortage alerts for your watchlist.
Replace manual shortage-page checks with daily, source-linked monitoring of public FDA/openFDA shortage records.
Especially useful for oncology, infusion, specialty pharmacy, anesthesia, and care-operation teams that already check shortage records manually.
Saved FDA pages, shared sheets, and calendar reminders still depend on someone remembering before the next meeting.
- Public FDA/openFDA records
- No PHI
- Source-linked alerts
- No clinical or purchasing advice
$49/mo Watchlist plan includes one team watchlist, up to 25 watch terms, daily scheduled email reports, and CSV/Markdown/JSON exports. Secure Stripe checkout, then watchlist intake. Independent service; not FDA-affiliated or endorsed.
1,147
Current public records in sample pull
50
Drug-level signals after grouping
0
Pieces of patient data required
Public artifacts
Latest public shortage signals.
Use the public digest, sample Signal Card, and data-source notes to evaluate the monitoring loop before submitting a team watchlist.
A concrete alert artifact.
See the watch term, status, public-record count, source trail, and export formats that arrive for internal review.
View sample Signal CardWhat is monitored, and what is not.
Review the public-source boundary, included context sources, and data FormularySignal does not aggregate.
View data sourcesFit
Who this is for, and who it is not for.
FormularySignal is intentionally narrow. It works best when a team already has a public shortage-checking ritual and wants a cleaner monitoring artifact.
Community oncology practices, outpatient infusion centers, medically integrated oncology pharmacy or drug-access teams, specialty or home infusion pharmacies, anesthesia groups, and ASCs.
Teams looking for clinical guidance, procurement automation, local availability checks, wholesaler inventory, substitution advice, compounding eligibility, dispensing guidance, or FDA endorsement.
The ritual
The workflow breaks quietly.
FDA pages, spreadsheet tabs, calendar reminders, and "someone checks FDA" all depend on a person returning at the right time. FormularySignal turns that recurring public-data check into a scheduled source-query report.
Bookmarks, shared spreadsheets, and "someone checks FDA" when the day allows.
Public records are pulled on schedule, compared with your watchlist, and sent with verification context when matching records change.
Ritual vs record
Memory is not an operating control.
FormularySignal timestamps the repetitive public-record check and gives internal review a source trail.
The ritual
FormularySignal
Bookmark FDA pages
Scheduled public-source checks
Calendar reminders
Timestamped run history
Copy rows into spreadsheets
CSV, Markdown, JSON, and webhook outputs
Someone remembers
Watchlist changes trigger source-linked Signal Cards
Method
The repeatable check, without the daily chase.
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Set watch terms
Drug names, manufacturers, NDCs, or categories your organization already tracks. Organization-level terms only; no PHI.
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Diff the public feed
Current public records are compared against the previous saved snapshot and your watchlist so the full feed does not become another chore.
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Review the source trail
Email, CSV, JSON, or webhook output with timestamped Signal Cards for internal review and direct source verification.
Live sample
One watchlist. Multiple public sources. One clean change alert.
Each run compares the latest public FDA/openFDA pull against the previous saved snapshot and your watch terms. The alert starts with what changed, why it appeared, and where to verify it.
Customer report preview
Watchlist alert report
Carboplatin Injection
Oncology
Watch term matched a current public FDA/openFDA shortage record
Watchlist match
Source trail attached
Report rows are operational watchlist matches from public records, with source context preserved for internal review.
Downloads
Same alert, exportable formats.
{
"event_type": "watchlist.signal_card",
"watch_term": "Carboplatin Injection",
"status": "Current",
"source_count": 4
}Trust posture
Alerts, not advice.
FormularySignal narrows the public-record monitoring loop. It does not tell your organization what to buy, source, substitute, prescribe, dispense, compound, or stock.
Public records only
Reports monitor public FDA/openFDA drug-shortage records and preserve source links and timestamps for internal review.
No PHI
Watchlists use drug names, manufacturers, NDCs, categories, and organization-level routing details. Patient identifiers are not needed or accepted.
No clinical or supply guidance
Reports do not include medical, clinical, sourcing, procurement, purchasing, substitution, compounding, dispensing, or inventory recommendations.
Independent service
FormularySignal is not affiliated with, sponsored by, approved by, or endorsed by FDA.
Use boundary
For monitoring, not actioning.
FormularySignal is an automated public-data monitoring service for source-linked monitoring and internal review only.
Not for automated purchasing or clinical decision-making.
Use it as a watchlist and source trail. It is not medical advice, not legal advice, not inventory advice, and not clinical, compounding, dispensing, purchasing, procurement, sourcing, or substitution advice. Keep buying, sourcing, substitution, dispensing, and patient-care decisions inside your existing professional review process.
Pricing
Daily shortage checks for your team watchlist.
Prices are monthly. The Watchlist plan runs daily public-source checks for one team watchlist and up to 25 watch terms; webhook delivery starts on the Webhook plan. Checkout is handled by Stripe; intake collects organization-level watch terms and delivery details. Do not submit PHI.
Watchlist
$49/mo
Daily scheduled Signal Card email for one team watchlist.
- Up to 25 watch terms
- Up to 3 report recipients
- Public FDA/openFDA snapshot diff
- Timestamped source links
- CSV, Markdown, and JSON exports
Founding Team Watchlist
$49/mo
$49/mo locked for 12 months for the first 10 customers.
- Up to 50 watch terms
- Up to 3 report recipients
- Initial setup review
- Same no-PHI, monitoring-only boundary
Webhook
$199/mo
Reports plus customer-owned HTTPS webhook JSON.
- Up to 100 watch terms
- Email plus webhook delivery
- Signal Card fields in each payload
- Timestamped source context
Integration
$499/mo
Larger watchlists, setup support, and multiple recipients.
- Up to 250 watch terms
- Up to 10 report recipients
- Customer-owned webhook routing
- Initial setup review for watch terms and delivery format
Replace the ritual
What changes when shortage checks stop depending on memory.
Why not just bookmark the FDA page?
A bookmark is a place to look. FormularySignal is a scheduled check that compares public records against your watchlist and sends a timestamped alert when matching terms change.
What does the subscription replace?
The spreadsheet tab, the calendar reminder, the saved link, and the quiet assumption that someone will remember to check before the next meeting.
What arrives in the alert?
A source-linked Signal Card with matched public-record context, status detail, timestamps, and the watch terms that triggered attention.
Where does it fit?
HTML email reports cover the human review loop. Webhook tiers send structured JSON to customer-owned internal routes.
Who is it built for first?
Community oncology practices, outpatient infusion centers, medically integrated oncology pharmacy and drug-access teams, specialty or home infusion pharmacies, anesthesia groups, and ASCs.
Stop babysitting shortage pages