Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Jul 2020
Paracetamol 500 mg tablets in short supply at pharmacies
17 July 2020 - PHARMAC has today updated health care professionals that paracetamol 500 mg tablets for dispensing in pharmacies are in short supply due to global supply issues caused by COVID-19, and work is underway to secure more stock.
“COVID-19 is impacting manufacturing and transportation around the world. The supplier is continuing to have stock issues due to decreased capacity at international manufacturing plants and difficulty obtaining flights out of India to transport stock,” says PHARMAC’s Chief Executive, Sarah Fitt.
This week the supplier advised PHARMAC that expected shipments of paracetamol tablets have not arrived, and stock levels have dropped. Stock is likely to run out at the end of July in pharmacies.
