Medicine shortages

pemetrexed disodium

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.

4 product records on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods, listed in full below. The TGA last updated this information on 28 February 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.

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

PEMETREXED ACCORD pemetrexed (as disodium) 1000 mg powder for injection vial

Injection, powder for · ARTG 222419

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
21 March 2025 The TGA's dates span 22 months.
Expected to be resolved
31 January 2027 This is the date the supplier has given the TGA. It can move.
TGA last updated
28 February 2025

What the TGA says is being done

Alternative strengths are available.

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

Pemetrexed SUN pemetrexed (as disodium) 1000mg/vial powder for injection vial

Injection, powder for · ARTG 233817

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
1 November 2023 The TGA's dates span 3 years, 7 months.
Expected to be resolved
31 May 2027 This is the date the supplier has given the TGA. It can move.
TGA last updated
17 November 2023

What the TGA says is being done

An alterantive brand is available. Alternative strengths are available.

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

Pemetrexed SUN pemetrexed (as disodium) 500mg/vial powder for injection vial

Injection, powder for · ARTG 233816

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
1 August 2023 The TGA's dates span 3 years, 8 months.
Expected to be resolved
31 March 2027 This is the date the supplier has given the TGA. It can move.
TGA last updated
17 November 2023

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.

Pemetrexed SUN pemetrexed (as disodium) 100mg/vial powder for injection vial

Injection, powder for · ARTG 233814

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
23 November 2022 The TGA's dates span 4 years, 6 months.
Expected to be resolved
31 May 2027 This is the date the supplier has given the TGA. It can move.
TGA last updated
16 May 2023

What the TGA says is being done

An alterantive brand is 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 pemetrexed disodium as a whole; to see them together, open the TGA Medicine Shortage Reports Database and type pemetrexed disodium 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.