Medicine shortages

apomorphine hydrochloride hemihydrate

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 medium impact, meaning some people may need to change brand, strength or product while it lasts.

2 product records on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods, listed in full below. The TGA last updated this information on 13 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

APOMINE Intermittent apomorphine hydrochloride hemihydrate 30mg/3mL injection cartridge

Injection, solution · ARTG 296520

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
Limited Availability The supplier reports limited stock.
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
12 October 2026 The TGA's dates span 9 days.
Expected to be resolved
21 October 2026 This is the date the supplier has given the TGA. It can move.
TGA last updated
13 October 2026

What the TGA says is being done

The sponsor is closely controlling the supply and working to expedite the next shipment.

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

MOVAPO PFS apomorphine hydrochloride hemihydrate 50mg/10mL solution for subcutaneous infusion pre-filled syringe

Injection, solution · ARTG 129948

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
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
30 September 2026
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
20 July 2026

What the TGA says is being done

An alternative presentation is available - MOVAPO POD apomorphine hydrochloride hemihydrate 100 mg/20 mL solution for injection cartridge (ARTG 423350). Patients are advised to consult their healthcare professional to discuss alternative treatment options.

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 apomorphine hydrochloride hemihydrate as a whole; to see them together, open the TGA Medicine Shortage Reports Database and type apomorphine hydrochloride hemihydrate 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.