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