Medicine shortages

Rabies virus

Shortage expected

The supplier has told the TGA it expects this medicine to go into shortage. It has not necessarily done so yet. Your pharmacist can tell you what is in stock now.

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

1 product record on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods, listed in full below. The TGA last updated this information on 7 August 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

RABIPUR rabies virus vaccine (Inactivated) 2.5 IU powder for injection vial with diluent pre-filled syringe

Injection, powder for · ARTG 298194

Status
Shortage expected The supplier has told the TGA it expects this medicine to go into shortage. It has not necessarily done so yet. Your pharmacist can tell you what is in stock now.
Supply
Available The supplier reports stock is available, though not necessarily at every pharmacy.
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
17 August 2026 The TGA's dates span 29 days.
Expected to be resolved
15 September 2026 This is the date the supplier has given the TGA. It can move.
TGA last updated
7 August 2026

What the TGA says is being done

An alternative brand is available.

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

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.

To read the TGA's own entry for Rabies virus, open the TGA Medicine Shortage Reports Database and type Rabies virus into its filter box. The TGA's register has no direct link to an individual medicine, so this is the closest link that exists. General information about medicine shortages is on the TGA's medicine shortages page.

Voxsanity last read the register on 18 August 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.