Rilutek — supply status, manufacturers & alternatives

Rilutek

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🇦🇺 AUST R 79744 · Sanofi-Aventis Australia Pty Ltd

In supply · Australia

In supply · 🇦🇺 Australia

In supply in Australia

No active shortage reported.

Reading today’s signals…

✓ Can I substitute?

Per normal rules

Confirm with prescriber

⇄ Best alternative

None listed

refer to prescriber

◷ Expected back

No estimate

No estimate provided

Product attributes reference data we hold

Active ingredient (INN)	Rilutek
Therapeutic category	Auto-created by Lyfjastofnun — Tilkynntur lyfjaskortur (Iceland Medicines Agency) scraper
Controlled substance	No
Marketing-authorisation holders	Sanofi-Aventis Australia Pty Ltd, Sanofi Winthrop Industrie, SANOFI-AVENTIS CANADA INC

Registrations on file	3

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.

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 1 resolved event

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~3 months

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

Shortage status by regulator official notices

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IMA · 1h ago

Resolved

Verified timeline regulator events

🌐 16 Oct 2024

Shortage resolved

Sources official regulators

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IMA

verified 1h ago

verify ↗

Registration recordmarketing-authorisation holders

Registrations & marketing-authorisation holders3 registrations · 3 MA holders

Product	Strength	Form	Market	MA holder	Status
RILUTEK riluzole	50mg	—	🇦🇺 AU	Sanofi-Aventis Australia Pty Ltd	Active
Rilutek	—	—	🌐 EU	Sanofi Winthrop Industrie	Active
RILUTEK	—	tablet	🇨🇦 CA	SANOFI-AVENTIS CANADA INC	Active

Mederti Drug Report

Generated 3 July 2026 · Australia market · 1 regulatory source

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.