Medicine shortages

abiraterone acetate

Current shortage

The TGA records this medicine as being in shortage now. A shortage often affects some brands, strengths or pack sizes and not others, so a supply of the medicine may still be available. Your pharmacist can tell you what is in stock and what alternatives exist.

The TGA has assessed this shortage as low impact, meaning alternatives are generally available and most people can be managed without difficulty.

3 product records on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods, listed in full below. The TGA last updated this information on 1 October 2026. Not medical advice.

The TGA does not publish a reason for a shortage, so Voxsanity cannot show one. Nothing on this page is an explanation of why supply is affected — that information is not in the source and is not inferred here.

This is national information. The TGA records shortages for Australia as a whole. There is no state, territory or pharmacy-level stock information in this data, and Voxsanity cannot tell you whether a particular pharmacy has a medicine in stock. Your pharmacist can.

Products affected

ABIRATERONE-TEVA abiraterone acetate 250 mg film-coated tablet bottle pack

Tablet, film coated · ARTG 393322

Read the TGA's own shortage record for this product

Status
Current shortage The TGA records this medicine as being in shortage now. A shortage often affects some brands, strengths or pack sizes and not others, so a supply of the medicine may still be available. Your pharmacist can tell you what is in stock and what alternatives exist.
Supply
Unavailable The supplier reports no stock is available.
TGA impact rating
Low impact The TGA has assessed this shortage as low impact, meaning alternatives are generally available and most people can be managed without difficulty.
Reported from
31 August 2026 The TGA's dates span 5 months.
Expected to be resolved
31 January 2027 This is the date the supplier has given the TGA. It can move.
TGA last updated
14 April 2026

What the TGA says is being done

Alternative brands are available.

Quoted from the TGA's own record for this product. Voxsanity has not edited, summarised or interpreted it.

ZYTIGA abiraterone acetate 250 mg tablet bottle

Tablet · ARTG 180314

Read the TGA's own shortage record for this product

Status
Discontinued The supplier has told the TGA it is permanently stopping supply of this product in Australia. This is not a temporary shortage. Other brands or strengths of the same medicine may still be available, and your doctor or pharmacist can advise on what to do next.
Supply
Reduction in supply until supply is exhausted The supplier reports reduced stock, which will run out and not be replaced.
TGA impact rating
Medium impact The TGA has assessed this shortage as medium impact, meaning some people may need to change brand, strength or product while it lasts.
Reported from
30 June 2027
Expected to be resolved
The TGA does not publish an end date for this record (it records "Unknown"). Voxsanity does not estimate one.
TGA last updated
1 October 2026

What the TGA says is being done

Alternative brands are available.

Quoted from the TGA's own record for this product. Voxsanity has not edited, summarised or interpreted it.

ZYTIGA abiraterone acetate 500 mg film-coated tablet blister pack

Tablet, film coated · ARTG 275372

Read the TGA's own shortage record for this product

Status
Discontinued The supplier has told the TGA it is permanently stopping supply of this product in Australia. This is not a temporary shortage. Other brands or strengths of the same medicine may still be available, and your doctor or pharmacist can advise on what to do next.
Supply
Reduction in supply until supply is exhausted The supplier reports reduced stock, which will run out and not be replaced.
TGA impact rating
Medium impact The TGA has assessed this shortage as medium impact, meaning some people may need to change brand, strength or product while it lasts.
Reported from
30 June 2027
Expected to be resolved
The TGA does not publish an end date for this record (it records "Unknown"). Voxsanity does not estimate one.
TGA last updated
1 October 2026

What the TGA says is being done

Alternative brands are available.

Quoted from the TGA's own record for this product. Voxsanity has not edited, summarised or interpreted it.

Terms like ARTG, TGA and PBS are explained in the glossary.

Where this comes from

Source: Medicine Shortage Reports Database, Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), © Commonwealth of Australia, reproduced with permission. The TGA does not endorse Voxsanity, and nothing here is presented as a TGA view. Shortage information is free for everyone on this site, with no account and no subscription.

Every product listed above links to the TGA's own shortage record for that product. The TGA's register is organised by product rather than by medicine, so there is no single TGA page covering abiraterone acetate as a whole; to see them together, open the TGA Medicine Shortage Reports Database and type abiraterone acetate into its filter box. General information about medicine shortages is on the TGA's medicine shortages page.

Voxsanity last read the register on 16 October 2026.

Not medical advice. Voxsanity republishes public government health data in plain English. Speak to your pharmacist or doctor about your own medicines. Do not stop or change how you take a medicine because of anything on this page.