Treats severe lower respiratory tract infections due to RSV. Sold as Virazole, Rebetol, Copegus. Every FDA application for this active ingredient: 4 branded and 13 generic.
As of Nov 13, 2026, FDA lists 17 applications for Ribavirin (sold as Virazole, Rebetol, Copegus), first approved Dec 31, 1985, with 8 new uses approved and 0 published complete response letters.
| Product | Part | Spending, 2025 | Change | Beneficiaries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ribavirin | Part D | $282K | +15% | 1,149 |
| Treatment of CKD Patients With HCVHCV Infection ( Genotype 4) in CKD Patients · Tanta University | Phase 2 / Phase 3 | Not yet recruiting | Aug 18, 2026 |
| UMIT-2 - Adaptive Phase IIb Platform Trial to Determine the Efficacy and Safety of Therapeutics for CCHFCrimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever · Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine | Phase 2 | Recruiting | Mar 6, 2025 |
| Assessing Antiviral Treatments in Early Symptomatic RSVRespiratory Syncytial Virus, Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Human · University of Oxford | Phase 2 | Recruiting | Jul 5, 2024 |
| LAssa Fever Adjunct Treatment With DEXamethasoneLassa Fever · Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine | Phase 2 | Recruiting | Jan 25, 2024 |
| ISTH/ANRS 0409s INTEGRATE Lassa Fever StudyLassa Fever · Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital | Phase 2 / Phase 3 | Recruiting | Jan 18, 2024 |
| The Efficacy of Vosevi in Treating DAA-experienced PatientsChronic Hepatitis C, Medication Reaction · The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University | — | Recruiting | Dec 22, 2023 |
| Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Safety Profile of Understudied Drugs Administered to Children Per Standard of Care (POPS)Coronavirus Infection (COVID-19), Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension · Duke University | — | Recruiting | Feb 20, 2020 |
| Dec 31, 1985 | VirazoleNDA 18859 · New molecular entity | Bausch | 20 | Discontinued |
| Jun 3, 1998 | RebetolNDA 20903 · New dosage form | Merck Sharp Dohme | 46 | Discontinued |
| Dec 3, 2002 | CopegusNDA 21511 · New dosage form | Roche | 20 | Discontinued |
| Jul 29, 2003 | RebetolNDA 21546 · New dosage form | Schering | 11 | Discontinued |
| Apr 6, 2004 | RibavirinANDA 76192 | Chartwell Rx | 9 | Discontinued |
| Apr 6, 2004 | RibasphereANDA 76203 | Chartwell Rx | 8 | Discontinued |
| Oct 4, 2004 | RibavirinANDA 76277 | Teva | 11 | Discontinued |
| Oct 28, 2005 | RibavirinANDA 77224 | Zydus Pharms USA | 14 | Marketed |
| Dec 5, 2005 | RibavirinANDA 77053 | Heritage Pharma Avet | 12 | Discontinued |
| Dec 5, 2005 | RibavirinANDA 77094 | Zydus Pharms USA | 15 | Marketed |
| Dec 5, 2005 | RibavirinANDA 77456 | Chartwell Rx | 10 | Discontinued |
| Oct 3, 2006 | RibavirinANDA 77743 | Sandoz | 6 | Marketed |
| Sep 17, 2009 | RibavirinANDA 79111 | Aurobindo Pharma | 5 | Marketed |
| Sep 17, 2009 | RibavirinANDA 79117 | Aurobindo Pharma | 10 | Marketed |
| Aug 12, 2014 | RibavirinANDA 202546 | Beximco Pharms USA | 0 | Discontinued |
| Oct 6, 2016 | RibavirinANDA 207366 | Chartwell Rx | 0 | Discontinued |
| — | RibavirinANDA 77611 | Teva Pharms | 0 | Discontinued |
Applications, approvals and products come from FDA's Drugs@FDA data files, refreshed weekly, grouped by active ingredient as FDA spells it. Complete response letters are FDA's published letters. Medicare spending is CMS's Part D and Part B dashboard, matched to this ingredient by generic name; shortages are FDA's shortage list, matched by application number; clinical trials are ClinicalTrials.gov studies naming the ingredient as an intervention, refreshed daily; safety programs are FDA's REMS list, matched by application number or, for shared programs, by ingredient. Drugs@FDA