Cysteine Hydrochloride — supply status, manufacturers & alternatives

Cysteine Hydrochloride

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In supply · Australia

Elcys

In supply · 🇦🇺 Australia · short in🇺🇸 US

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)	Cysteine Hydrochloride
Brand names	Elcys
Therapeutic category	Auto-created by FDA Drug Enforcement — Full Recall Database scraper

Marketing-authorisation holders	BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION

Registrations on file	1

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.

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

Mianyang Shengshi Health Technology CO LTD

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

Registration recordmarketing-authorisation holders

Registrations & marketing-authorisation holders1 registration · 1 MA holder

Product	Strength	Form	Market	MA holder	Status
CYSTEINE HYDROCHLORIDE	34.5mg/mL	injection	🇺🇸 US	BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION	Active

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