Somatropin shortage — NZ supply status & alternatives

Somatropin

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🇦🇺 AUST R 16922 · Pfizer Australia Pty Ltd

In supply · Australia

Genotropin

In supply · 🇦🇺 Australia · short in🌐 EU🇺🇸 US🇳🇿 NZ🇧🇪 BE

In supply in Australia

Reading today’s signals…

🇦🇺 AUAEMPA$87.56details →

✓ Can I substitute?

In supply

no shortage substitution needed

⇄ Best alternative

None listed

refer to prescriber

◷ Expected back

No estimate

No estimate provided

Product attributes

reference data we hold

Active ingredient (INN)	Somatropin
Brand names	Genotropin
Therapeutic category	Auto-created by Therapeutic Goods Administration — Medicine Shortages scraper
Controlled substance	No
Marketing-authorisation holders	Pfizer Australia Pty Ltd, Sandoz Pty Ltd, SciGen Australia Pty Ltd, Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd +2 more
Registrations on file	27
Patient information leaflet (PIL)	Not on file
Summary of product characteristics (SPC)	Not on file

Trade price 🇦🇺 PBS · July 2026

🇦🇺 AU

● Official price on file

Ex-manufacturer

A$87.56

AEMP

Dispensed (DPMQ)

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incl. fees

Pack

somatropin 400 microgram injection [1 chamber] (&) inert substance diluent [0.25 mL chamber], 7 dual chamber syringes

Source: PBSEffective July 2026 · AUD

Substitution pathways 🇦🇺 Australia · TGA

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No substitution instrument in force

Dispense per normal rules, or refer to the prescriber. No active SSSI/S19A instrument detected for this medicine.

How long have past shortages lasted? from 7 resolved events

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1–32 months

Historical pattern from resolved shortage records — not a prediction of this event.

Global API supply base 🇺🇸 FDA Drug Master Files · active Type II

2 API manufacturers

Manufacturers with an active Type II Drug Master File — i.e. cleared to supply this active ingredient into the US market. A proxy for how concentrated the global manufacturing base is.

High concentration risk

Bio Technology General Israel LTDYifan Pharmaceutical (Shanghai) CO LTD

Country of manufacture not yet mapped · Source: FDA List of Drug Master Files

FDA-approved products 🇺🇸 Drugs@FDA

Approved applications

Generic (ANDA)

Brand (NDA/BLA)

Mar 2015

Latest approval

Shortage status by regulator official notices

🌐

EMA · 3d ago

High

🇳🇿

New Zealand

Pharmac · 12d ago

High

🇺🇸

United States

FDA · 2h ago

Medium

🇧🇪

FAMHP · 2d ago

Medium

🇳🇴

Norway

NOMA · 5d ago

Resolved

🇦🇺

Australia

TGA · 1mo ago

Resolved

Recalls official enforcement reports

🇺🇸

NORDITROPIN

Novo Nordisk Inc · Apr 2016

Class IIdetails ↗

🌐

Valtropin

BioPartners GmbH · May 2012

Class Unifieddetails ↗

Verified timeline regulator events

🇧🇪 12 June 2026

medium reported

🇳🇿 28 May 2026

high reported

🇳🇿 13 May 2026

high reported

🇳🇿 12 Mar 2026

high reported

🇦🇺 29 Jan 2026

Shortage resolved

🇳🇴 1 Dec 2025

Shortage resolved

Sources official regulators

🇺🇸

FDA

verified 2h ago

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🇧🇪

FAMHP

verified 2d ago

verify ↗

🌐

EMA

verified 3d ago

verify ↗

🇳🇴

NOMA

verified 5d ago

verify ↗

🇳🇿

Pharmac

verified 12d ago

verify ↗

🇦🇺

TGA

verified 1mo ago

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Registration recordmarketing-authorisation holders

Registrations & marketing-authorisation holders27 registrations · 6 MA holders

Product	Strength	Form	Market	MA holder	Status
Genotropin	16 IU	—	🇦🇺 AU	Pfizer Australia Pty Ltd	Active
GENOTROPIN MINIQUICK somatropin	2.0mg	—	🇦🇺 AU	Pfizer Australia Pty Ltd	Active
GENOTROPIN MINIQUICK somatropin	1.8mg	—	🇦🇺 AU	Pfizer Australia Pty Ltd	Active
GENOTROPIN MINIQUICK somatropin	1.6mg	—	🇦🇺 AU	Pfizer Australia Pty Ltd	Active
GENOTROPIN MINIQUICK somatropin	1.4mg	—	🇦🇺 AU	Pfizer Australia Pty Ltd	Active
GENOTROPIN MINIQUICK somatropin	1.2mg	—	🇦🇺 AU	Pfizer Australia Pty Ltd	Active
GENOTROPIN MINIQUICK somatropin	1.0mg	—	🇦🇺 AU	Pfizer Australia Pty Ltd	Active
GENOTROPIN MINIQUICK somatropin	0.8mg	—	🇦🇺 AU	Pfizer Australia Pty Ltd	Active
GENOTROPIN MINIQUICK somatropin	0.6mg	—	🇦🇺 AU	Pfizer Australia Pty Ltd	Active
GENOTROPIN MINIQUICK somatropin	0.4mg	—	🇦🇺 AU	Pfizer Australia Pty Ltd	Active
GENOTROPIN MINIQUICK somatropin	0.2mg	—	🇦🇺 AU	Pfizer Australia Pty Ltd	Active
Genotropin	5.0 mg	—	🇦🇺 AU	Pfizer Australia Pty Ltd	Active
Genotropin	12mg	—	🇦🇺 AU	Pfizer Australia Pty Ltd	Active
OMNITROPE somatropin	5mg	—	🇦🇺 AU	Sandoz Pty Ltd	Active
SCITROPIN A somatropin	5mg	—	🇦🇺 AU	SciGen Australia Pty Ltd	Active

+12 more registrations on file

Mederti Drug Report

Generated 3 July 2026 · Australia market · 6 regulatory sources

For health-professional reference only. Mederti aggregates shortage and substitution information from official regulatory sources. It is not clinical advice and data may be incomplete or delayed. Confirm any substitution or supply decision against the primary regulator source, the prescriber, and current clinical references (e.g. AMH) before acting. Terms.