ropivacaine hydrochloride
Shortage resolved
The TGA records this shortage as over. Supply reaching individual pharmacies can still take time after a shortage is resolved, so your pharmacy may not have restocked yet.
6 product records on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods, listed in full below. The TGA last updated this information on 19 May 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
ROPIVACAINE KABI ropivacaine hydrochloride 40 mg/20 mL solution for injection ampoule
Injection, solution · ARTG 195804
- Status
- Shortage resolved The TGA records this shortage as over. Supply reaching individual pharmacies can still take time after a shortage is resolved, so your pharmacy may not have restocked yet.
- Supply
- Available The supplier reports stock is available, though not necessarily at every pharmacy.
- 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
- 25 May 2026 The TGA's dates span 27 days.
- Resolved
- 21 June 2026
- TGA last updated
- 19 May 2026
NAROPIN 1% ropivacaine hydrochloride 200mg/20mL injection ampoule
Injection, solution · ARTG 52397
- Status
- Shortage resolved The TGA records this shortage as over. Supply reaching individual pharmacies can still take time after a shortage is resolved, so your pharmacy may not have restocked yet.
- Supply
- Available The supplier reports stock is available, though not necessarily at every pharmacy.
- 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
- 25 February 2026 The TGA's dates span 4 months.
- Resolved
- 24 June 2026
- TGA last updated
- 7 January 2026
NAROPIN 1% ropivacaine hydrochloride 100mg/10mL injection ampoule
Injection, solution · ARTG 52398
- Status
- Shortage resolved The TGA records this shortage as over. Supply reaching individual pharmacies can still take time after a shortage is resolved, so your pharmacy may not have restocked yet.
- 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
- 27 November 2025 The TGA's dates span 6 months.
- Resolved
- 20 May 2026
- TGA last updated
- 1 December 2025
ROPIBAM 0.2% Ropivacaine hydrochloride 200mg/100mL solution for injection bag
Injection, solution · ARTG 186573
- 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
- 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 November 2025
- 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
- 18 November 2025
What the TGA says is being done
Alternative generic products are available.
Quoted from the TGA's own record for this product. Voxsanity has not edited, summarised or interpreted it.
NAROPIN 0.75% ropivacaine hydrochloride 75mg/10mL injection ampoule
Injection, solution · ARTG 52400
- Status
- Shortage resolved The TGA records this shortage as over. Supply reaching individual pharmacies can still take time after a shortage is resolved, so your pharmacy may not have restocked yet.
- 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
- 12 September 2025 The TGA's dates span 8 months.
- Resolved
- 20 May 2026
- TGA last updated
- 16 September 2025
ROPIBAM 0.2% Ropivacaine hydrochloride 400mg/200mL solution for injection bag
Injection, solution · ARTG 186571
- 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
- 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
- 11 November 2024
- 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
- 14 November 2024
What the TGA says is being done
Alternative generic products are 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 ropivacaine hydrochloride, open the TGA Medicine Shortage Reports Database and type ropivacaine hydrochloride 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.
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