Oxygen shortage — BE supply status & alternatives

Oxygen

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🇦🇺 AUST R 34468 · BOC LIMITED

In supply · Australia

WHO Essential Medicine

In supply · 🇦🇺 Australia · short in🇧🇪 BE

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

WHO Essential Medicine
Active ingredient (INN)	Oxygen
Therapeutic category	Auto-created by FDA Drug Enforcement — Full Recall Database scraper

Controlled substance	No

Marketing-authorisation holders	BOC LIMITED, SPECIALITY OXYGEN SERVICE LIMITED, AIR PRODUCTS PLC, DOLBY MEDICAL HOME RESPIRATORY CARE LIMITED +4 more

Registrations on file	24

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.

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

1 API manufacturer

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.

Very high concentration risk

Rotem Industries LTD

Manufacturing countries: Israel · Source: FDA List of Drug Master Files

Recalls official enforcement reports

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Oxygen

Family Medical Supply Inc · Nov 2023

Class IIdetails ↗

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Oxygen

Grace Healthcare Medical, Inc · Apr 2021

Class IIdetails ↗

🇺🇸

Oxygen

Roberts Home Medical LLC · Dec 2018

Class IIdetails ↗

🇺🇸

Oxygen

Medical Park Homecare, Inc · Feb 2016

Class IIIdetails ↗

🇺🇸

Oxygen

AGA Gas Inc · Nov 2015

Class IIdetails ↗

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Oxygen

Airgas Medical Services · Oct 2013

Class IIdetails ↗

Registration recordmarketing-authorisation holders

Registrations & marketing-authorisation holders24 registrations · 8 MA holders

Product	Strength	Form	Market	MA holder	Status
BOC GASES OXYGEN 99.5% MEDICAL EP GRADE gas medicinal	99.5%	—	🇦🇺 AU	BOC LIMITED	Active
Boc Gases Carbogen Carbon Dioxide	5%	gasmed	🇦🇺 AU	BOC LIMITED	Active
Boc Gases Entonox Oxygen	50%	—	🇦🇺 AU	BOC LIMITED	Active
BOC GASES REFRIGERATED LIQUID OXYGEN MEDICAL GRADE gas medicinal	—	—	🇦🇺 AU	BOC LIMITED	Active
Liquid Medical Oxygen	—	liquid	🇬🇧 GB	BOC LIMITED	Active
Compressed Medical Oxygen	—	compressed	🇬🇧 GB	BOC LIMITED	Active
Synthetic Medical Air 21% Oxygen V/V, Medicinal Gas, Compressed	21%	synthetic	🇬🇧 GB	BOC LIMITED	Active
Carbon Dioxide 5%/ Oxygen Medical Gas Mixture	5%	carbon	🇬🇧 GB	BOC LIMITED	Active
Heliox21	79%	heliox21,	🇬🇧 GB	BOC LIMITED	Active
Medical Oxygen, 100% Medicinal Gas, Compressed	100%	medical	🇬🇧 GB	SPECIALITY OXYGEN SERVICE LIMITED	Active
Medical Liquid Oxygen	—	medical	🇬🇧 GB	AIR PRODUCTS PLC	Active
Medical Oxygen	—	medical	🇬🇧 GB	AIR PRODUCTS PLC	Active
Liquid Medical Oxygen 100% Medicinal Gas, Cryogenic	100%	liquid	🇬🇧 GB	DOLBY MEDICAL HOME RESPIRATORY CARE LIMITED	Active
Medical Oxygen 100% Medicinal Gas, Compressed	100%	medical	🇬🇧 GB	DOLBY MEDICAL HOME RESPIRATORY CARE LIMITED	Active
Medical Oxygen 21%/Helium 79%	21%	medical	🇬🇧 GB	AIR LIQUIDE LIMITED	Active

+9 more registrations on file

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.