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.
MPS 2673 - Fluticasone (Flixotide) 0.5mg/2ml Nebules - Supply Disruption Alert - 26.06.20
Phenelzine Sulphate 15mg Tablets (Nardil) - Supply Disruption Alert - 25th June 2020
MPS 2672 - Iodoxamide (Alomide) 0.1% eye drops - Supply Disruption Alert - 25.06.20
MPS 2669 - Mirtazepine 15mg and 45mg Orodispersible Tablets - Supply Alert - 25.06.20
MPS 2670 - Lacosamide (Vimpat) 50mg Tablets (UCB Pharma Ltd) - Supply Alert 25.06.20
MPS 2671 - Imipramine 25mg Tablets - Supply Disruption Alert - 25th June 2020
Prednisolone 5mg Suppositories (RPH Pharmaceuticals) - Supply Alert 26th June 2020
ZYBAN® (BUPROPION HYDROCHLORIDE) 150MG PROLONGED RELEASE TABLETS 1st June 2020
Danazol 100mg and 200mg Capsules - Supply Disruption Alert 1st June 2020
SALAZOPYRIN® (SULFASALAZINE) 500MG SUPPOSITORIES - Supply Alert - 14th May 2020
MPS 2661 - Cycloserine 250mg caps - Supply Disruption Alert - 7th May 2020
MPS 2660 - Ranitidine - All Formulations - Supply Alert Update and Tables - Updated 26.06.20
Ativan® (Lorazepam) 4mg/ml Solution for Injection - Supply Disruption - 29th April 2020
Sulfasalazine 250mg/5ml oral suspension (Rosemont) - 29th April 2020
Propantheline bromide (Pro-Banthine) 15mg tablets (Kyowa Kirin) - 29th April 2020
Acetazolamide SR 250mg caps - Supply Alert - 9th April 2020
Vensir Modified Release Caps - Supply Issues - 3rd April 2020
Tuberculosis Medications - Supply Disruption Alert - Updated 2nd July 2020
Diazepam (Diazemuls) 10mg/2ml Emulsion for Injection - Supply Alert - 31st March 2020
Stanek® (levodopa/carbidopa/entacapone) tablets - various strengths - Supply Alert - 17.06.20
Beclometasone Inhalers MPS and Table - Supply position 26th March 2020
Diamorphine Hydrochloride Inj 5mg and 10mg Amps - Supply Alert - Updated 26/03/20
Promazine 25mg and 50mg tablets - Supply Disruption Alert - Updated 26th June 2020
Fluoxetine 10mg tabs - Medicines Supply Notification - 13th March 2020
Valproate semisodium (Depakote) 250mg and 500mg tabs - Supply Alert - Updated 11th May 2020
Medicines Recall - Emerade 150mcg pre-filled Syringe - 5th March 2020
Epanutin (Phenytoin) 30mg/5ml Oral Susp - Supply Disruption Alert - 28th Feb 2020
Diamorphine Hydrochloride Injection 5mg and 10mg Amps -Supply Alert - 28th Feb 2020
Lorazepam (Ativan) 4mg/ml Injection (Pfizer) - Supply Alert - 21/02/20 Updated 13/03/20
Penicillamine 125mg and 250mg tabs - Supply Disruption Alert - 21st Feb 2020
Maxitram MR 50mg and 200mg (Chiesi) - Supply Alert - 17th Feb 2020
Levomepromazine 25mg/1ml sol for injection - Supply Disruption Alert - 13th Feb 2020
Salbutamol 2mg/5ml Syrup - Supply Disruption Alert - 11th Feb 2020 Updated 20/02/2020
Azathioprine 25mg tabs - Supply Disruption Alert - 20th Jan 2020
Phenytoin Sodium NRIM 100mg caps (Accord) - Supply Disruption Alert - 15th Jan 2020
H2-antagonists (cimetidine, famotidine and nizatidine) - Supply Alert Updated 29/04/2020
Convulex (Valproic Acid) 150mg,300mg,500mg caps - Supply Alert - 24th Dec 2019
Ranitidine - All Formulations - Updated Supply Disruption Alert - 23rd December 2019
Clonidine 25mcg tabs - Supply Disruption Alert - 23rd December 2019 Updated 13/03/2020
Haloperidol 500mcg caps (Teva) Supply Disruption Alert - 19th December 2019
Emerade Supply Disruption Alert - 2nd Dec 2019
Slo-Phyllin (Theophylline) 60mg 125mg 250mg caps - Supply Disruption Alert - 29th Nov 2019
Ranitidine All Formulations - Supply Disruption Alert - 28th Nov 2019
Reboxetine 4mg tabs - Supply Disruption Alert - 26th Nov 2019
Efudix cream - Supply Disruption Alert - 26th Nov 2019
Synphase (ethinylestradiol and norethisterone) tabs - Supply Disruption Alert - 15th Nov 2019 Updated 2020
Medroxyprogesterone (Provera) 100mg & 200mg - Supply Disruption Alert
Disopyramide 150mg Capsules - Supply Disruption Alert Updated 29th April 2020
Pethidine 50mg tablets - Supply Disruption Alert
Minims Phenylephrine 2.5% and 10% eye drops - Supply Disruption Alert
Mitomycin Supply Disruption Alert - UPDATE - November 2019
Jext 300mcg Adrenaline Auto-injector - Supply Disruption Alert - ALK Letter
Salofalk Suppositories 500mg and 1g - Supply Disruption Alert Updated 29th April 2020
Opicapone 50mg capsules - Supply Disruption Alert - October 2019
Mitomycin Supply Disruption Alert - October 2019
Seroxat 20mg/10ml oral solution Supply Issue - October 2019 Updated 20th Feb 2020
Ranitidine : All Oral Formulations - Supply Disruption Alert - October 2019
Detrusitol XL 4mg capsules Supply Issue - October 2019
Nardil 15mg tablets Supply Issue - October 2019 Updated 13/03/2020
Adrenaline auto-injectors Supply Issue - October 2019
Provera 100mg Tablets Supply Issue - September 2019
Mianserin Tablets 10mg and 30mg Supply Issue - September 2019 Updated 03/06/20
Fluoxetine Capsules 10mg, 30mg and 40mg Supply Issue - September 2019
Capsaicin Cream Supply Issue - September 2019
New Measures To Help Manage Shortages - October 2019