Shortages Information
Parallel Exports :
A list of medicines that should not be parallel exported is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/medicines-that-cannot-be-parallel-exported-from-the-uk and will be updated regularly. Medicines will be added to the list if they are needed to meet the needs of UK patients, and where parallel exporting leads, may lead, or contributes to a shortage.
Parallel export of a medicine on the list is considered a breach of regulation 43(2) of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 and a contravention of the wholesale dealer licence, and may lead to regulatory action by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) which could include immediate suspension of the wholesale dealer licence.
Shortages Guidance January 2023
Insulin (Insuman Comb 25) cartridges and Solostar pens 6th June 2023
Clomifene (Clomid) 50mg tablets 5th June 2023
Ethinylestradiol 20microgram / Drospirenone 3mg (Eloine) tablets 1st June 2023
National Patient Safety Alert – Shortage of Pyridostigmine 60mg Tablets 25th May 2023
Bromfenac (Yellox) 900 mcg/ml eye drops 26th May 2023
Norditropin (somatropin) Flexpro® 10mg/1.5ml and Norditropin (somatropin) NordiFlex® 5mg/1.5ml, 10mg/1.5ml and 15mg/1.5ml solution for injection pre-filled pens updated 25th May 2023
Tresiba FlexTouch 100units/ml pre-filled pens 24th May 2023
Micronised Progesterone (Utrogestan) 100mg capsules 19th May 2023
Glucagon 1mg powder for injection kit (GlucaGen) 19th May 2023
Oxybutynin 5mg MR tabs 24th April 2023
Estradot 75mcg transdermal patch 14th April 2023
Alfuzosin 10mg MR tablets 12th April 2023
Estriol (Imvaggis® ) 0.03mg pessary 6th April 2023
Clarithromycin 125mg/5ml and 250mg/5ml oral suspensions 6th April 2023
Oxycodone Hydrochloride 5mg/5ml Oral Solution 6th April 2023
Triptorelin acetate (Gonapeptyl Depot) 4th April 2023
Estradiol (Progynova TS) patches 4th April 2023
Ciclosporin (Vanquorel) 25mg caps 4th April 2023
Primidone (Aspire Pharma) 50mg tablets 27th March 2023
Estradiol (Indivina) 1mg/2.5mg tablets 27th March 2023
Acetazolamide (Diamox SR) 250mg MR caps 27th March 2023
Paracetamol 120mg and 240mg suppositories updated 21st March 2023
Capsaicin 0.075% (Axsain®) and 0.025% (Zacin®) cream 16th March 2023
Latanoprost (Monopost) 50 microgram/ml eye drops 27th February 2023
Insuman (insulin preparations) Updated 24th February 2023
Dalteparin (Fragmin® ) 10,000units/4mL solution for injection ampoule 23rd Feb 2023
Meptazinol (Meptid®) 200mg film-coated tablets 15th Feb 2023
Lamotrigine 5mg dispersible tablets 15th Feb 2023
Medroxyprogesterone (Provera®) 2.5mg tablets 15th Feb 2023
Promethazine hydrochloride (Phenergan® elixir) 5mg/5ml oral sol SF 15th Feb 2023
Bezafibrate (Bezalip®) 200mg tablets 6th February 2023
Fluoxetine 20mg/5mL oral solution/ oral solution sugar free and fluoxetine (Olena®) 20mg dispersible tablets 6th Feb 2023
Salazopyrin 500mg suppositories 6th Feb 2023
Zopiclone 3.75mg tabs 6th Feb 2023
Estradot Patches 6th Feb 2023
Imiquimod Cream 6th Feb 2023
Hyoscine hydrobromide (Kwells Kids®)150mcg and (Kwells®) 300mcg tablets 6th Feb 2023
Senokot syrup and Senokot 12 Years Plus syrup 24th January 2023
Vigabatrin 500mg tabs 17th January 2023
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