benzathine benzylpenicillin tetrahydrate
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 critical impact. That is a judgement about how hard the medicine is to substitute in clinical care, not a prediction about any one person. If you take this medicine, speak to your pharmacist or doctor about what is available. Do not stop or change how you take it on your own.
2 product records on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods, listed in full below. The TGA last updated this information on 4 April 2025. 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.
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Products affected
BICILLIN L-A benzathine benzylpenicillin tetrahydrate 1,200,000 Units / 2.3 mL suspension for injection pre-filled syringe with needle
Injection, suspension · ARTG 147169
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
- Critical impact The TGA has assessed this shortage as critical impact. That is a judgement about how hard the medicine is to substitute in clinical care, not a prediction about any one person. If you take this medicine, speak to your pharmacist or doctor about what is available. Do not stop or change how you take it on your own.
- Reported from
- 22 April 2025 The TGA's dates span 23 months.
- Expected to be resolved
- 31 March 2027 This is the date the supplier has given the TGA. It can move.
- TGA last updated
- 4 April 2025
What the TGA says is being done
Health professionals are encouraged to consider reserving any remaining Australian-registered Bicillin L-A stock held within their services for paediatric patients. Overseas-registered products have been approved for supply under Section 19A. See the website and search for the active ingredient: https://www.tga.gov.au/resources/section-19a-approvals. The TGA has published a web statement outlining key information about the shortage which is available at: https://www.tga.gov.au/safety/shortages/information-about-major-medicine-shortages/about-shortage-bicillin-l-benzathine-benzylpenicillin-tetrahydrate-prefilled-syringe-injection
Quoted from the TGA's own record for this product. Voxsanity has not edited, summarised or interpreted it.
BICILLIN L-A-benzathine benzylpenicillin tetrahydrate 600,000 units/1.17 mL suspension for injection syringe with needle
Injection, suspension · ARTG 293456
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
- 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
- 26 July 2023 The TGA's dates span 4 years, 4 months.
- Expected to be resolved
- 30 November 2027 This is the date the supplier has given the TGA. It can move.
- TGA last updated
- 27 June 2023
What the TGA says is being done
The sponsor is working to expedite the next shipment. The TGA have published a web statement outlining key information about the shortage which is available at https://www.tga.gov.au/safety/shortages/information-about-major-medicine-shortages/about-shortage-bicillin-l-benzathine-benzylpenicillin-tetrahydrate-prefilled-syringe-injection
Quoted from the TGA's own record for this product. Voxsanity has not edited, summarised or interpreted it.
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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 benzathine benzylpenicillin tetrahydrate as a whole; to see them together, open the TGA Medicine Shortage Reports Database and type benzathine benzylpenicillin tetrahydrate 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.
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