Pneumococcal purified capsular polysaccharides
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.
2 product records on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods, listed in full below. The TGA last updated this information on 7 September 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
PNEUMOVAX 23 pneumococcal purified capsular polysaccharides 25 microgram/0.5mL injection pre-filled syringe
Injection, solution · ARTG 222235
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
- 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
- 26 September 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
- 7 September 2026
What the TGA says is being done
Other pneumococcal vaccines are available.
Quoted from the TGA's own record for this product. Voxsanity has not edited, summarised or interpreted it.
PREVENAR 13 pneumococcal polysaccharide conjugate vaccine 13 valent adsorbed 0.5 mL syringe
Injection, suspension · ARTG 158450
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
- 25 May 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
- 25 May 2026
What the TGA says is being done
This product will be replaced by Prevenar 20 pneumococcal polysaccharide conjugate vaccine (ARTG 376353)
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 Pneumococcal purified capsular polysaccharides as a whole; to see them together, open the TGA Medicine Shortage Reports Database and type Pneumococcal purified capsular polysaccharides 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.