Desmopressin Acetate shortage — CA supply status & alternatives

Desmopressin Acetate

ATC H01BA02

🇦🇺 AUST R 40689 · Ferring Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd

In supply · Australia

In supply · 🇦🇺 Australia · short in🇨🇦 CA🇺🇸 US🇳🇿 NZ

In supply in Australia

Reading today’s signals…

✓ 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)	Desmopressin Acetate
ATC level 5	H01BA02

ATC level 4	H01BA

Therapeutic category	Auto-created by U.S. Food and Drug Administration — Drug Shortages scraper

Controlled substance	No

Marketing-authorisation holders	FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED, ASPIRE PHARMA LIMITED, TORRENT PHARMA (UK) LTD, Ferring Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd +3 more

Registrations on file	19

Patient information leaflet (PIL)	Not on file

Summary of product characteristics (SPC)	Not on file

Trade price 🇦🇺 Australia · awaiting price ingest

🇦🇺 AU

Ex-manufacturer

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Dispensed (DPMQ)

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Pack

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Not yet captured for Australia

Official pricing isn’t on file for this market yet. PBS (Australia), NHS Drug Tariff (United Kingdom) and CMS NADAC (United States) feeds are prioritised; this panel populates automatically once the data lands.

Other markets

🇺🇸 US

US$0.24

Acquisition

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.

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

10 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.

Low concentration risk

Shilpa Pharma Lifesciences LTDBachem Americas INCTapi Nl BVBcn Peptides SAScinopharm Taiwan LTDPiramal Pharma LTD+4 more

Manufacturing countries: India, United States, Spain, Taiwan, China · Source: FDA List of Drug Master Files

FDA-approved products 🇺🇸 Drugs@FDA

Approved applications

Generic (ANDA)

Brand (NDA/BLA)

Feb 2026

Latest approval

Shortage status by regulator official notices

🇨🇦

Canada

HC · just now

High

🇺🇸

United States

FDA · 2h ago

High

🇳🇿

New Zealand

Pharmac · 1d ago

High

Recalls official enforcement reports

🇺🇸

DESMOPRESSIN ACETATE

Apotex Corp. · Apr 2026

Class IIdetails ↗

🇺🇸

DESMOPRESSIN ACETATE

Heritage Pharmaceuticals Inc · Nov 2022

Class IIdetails ↗

🇺🇸

Desmopressin Acetate

Aidapak Services, LLC · July 2013

Class IIdetails ↗

Verified timeline regulator events

🇳🇿 17 June 2026

high reported

🇨🇦 4 Sept 2025

high reported

🇺🇸 12 Mar 2021

high reported

Sources official regulators

🇨🇦

verified just now

verify ↗

🇺🇸

FDA

verified 2h ago

verify ↗

🇳🇿

Pharmac

verified 1d ago

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Registration recordmarketing-authorisation holders

Registrations & marketing-authorisation holders19 registrations · 7 MA holders

Product	Strength	Form	Market	MA holder	Status
DESMOPRESSIN ACETATE 0.1MG TABLETS	0.1MG	tablet	🇬🇧 GB	FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED	Active
DESMOPRESSIN ACETATE 0.2MG TABLETS	0.2MG	tablet	🇬🇧 GB	FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED	Active
DESMOPRESSIN ACETATE 100 MICROGRAM TABLET	100 MICROGRAM	tablet	🇬🇧 GB	ASPIRE PHARMA LIMITED	Active
DESMOPRESSIN ACETATE 200 MICROGRAM TABLET	200 MICROGRAM	tablet	🇬🇧 GB	ASPIRE PHARMA LIMITED	Active
DESMOPRESSIN ACETATE 100 MICROGRAM TABLETS	100 MICROGRAM	tablet	🇬🇧 GB	TORRENT PHARMA (UK) LTD	Active
DESMOPRESSIN ACETATE 200 MICROGRAM TABLETS	200 MICROGRAM	tablet	🇬🇧 GB	TORRENT PHARMA (UK) LTD	Active
MINIRIN desmopressin acetate	4 microgram	—	🇦🇺 AU	Ferring Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd	Active
OCTOSTIM desmopressin acetate	15 microgram	—	🇦🇺 AU	Ferring Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd	Active
MINIRIN desmopressin acetate	10 microgram	—	🇦🇺 AU	Ferring Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd	Active
MINIRIN desmopressin acetate	100 microgram	—	🇦🇺 AU	Ferring Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd	Active
MINIRIN desmopressin acetate	200 microgram	—	🇦🇺 AU	Ferring Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd	Active
ADIN desmopressin acetate	10 microgram	—	🇦🇺 AU	Ferring Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd	Active
ADIN desmopressin acetate	200 microgram	—	🇦🇺 AU	Ferring Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd	Active
ADIN desmopressin acetate	100 microgram	—	🇦🇺 AU	Ferring Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd	Active
Desmopressin Acetate	.1mg/1	tablet	🇺🇸 US	KVK-TECH, INC.	Active

+4 more registrations on file

Mederti Drug Report

Generated 3 July 2026 · Australia market · 3 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.