Conjugated Estrogens shortage — CA supply status & alternatives

Conjugated Estrogens

ATC G03CA57

🇦🇺 AUST R 177673 · Pfizer Australia Pty Ltd

In supply · Australia

Premarin Vaginal Cream

In supply · 🇦🇺 Australia · short in🇨🇦 CA

In supply in Australia

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)	Conjugated Estrogens
Brand names	Premarin Vaginal Cream
ATC level 5	G03CA57

ATC level 4	G03CA

Therapeutic category	Auto-created by Health Canada — Drug Shortages Database scraper

Controlled substance	No

Marketing-authorisation holders	Pfizer Australia Pty Ltd, Prasco Laboratories, PHARMASCIENCE INC

Registrations on file	9

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$5.43

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

3 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

Padagis Us LLCXinjiang Nuziline Bio Pharmaceutical CO LTDAspen Oss BV

Manufacturing countries: United States, China, Netherlands · Source: FDA List of Drug Master Files

Registration recordmarketing-authorisation holders

Registrations & marketing-authorisation holders9 registrations · 3 MA holders

Product	Strength	Form	Market	MA holder	Status
PREMARIN conjugated estrogens	0.3mg	—	🇦🇺 AU	Pfizer Australia Pty Ltd	Active
PREMARIN conjugated estrogens	0.625mg	—	🇦🇺 AU	Pfizer Australia Pty Ltd	Active
Duavive	0.45 mg	—	🇦🇺 AU	Pfizer Australia Pty Ltd	Active
Conjugated Estrogens	.3mg/1	tablet	🇺🇸 US	Prasco Laboratories	Active
Conjugated Estrogens	.45mg/1	tablet	🇺🇸 US	Prasco Laboratories	Active
Conjugated Estrogens	.625mg/1	tablet	🇺🇸 US	Prasco Laboratories	Active
Conjugated Estrogens	.9mg/1	tablet	🇺🇸 US	Prasco Laboratories	Active
Conjugated Estrogens	1.25mg/1	tablet	🇺🇸 US	Prasco Laboratories	Active
Pms-Conjugated Estrogens C.S.D	—	tablet	🇨🇦 CA	PHARMASCIENCE INC	Active

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.