6 March 2020 - PHARMAC is placing temporary dispensing limits on Government-funded paracetamol from Monday 9 March 2020.

“With the outbreak of COVID-19, it’s inevitable that there will be disruptions to supply chains and the first we are seeing of this is paracetamol,” says PHARMAC’s director of operations Lisa Williams.

PHARMAC has been advised that international manufacturing sites for the active pharmaceutical ingredient (raw material) for paracetamol have been closed due to quarantine and other restrictions connected with COVID-19. The main site for the raw materials for paracetamol is in China.

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