tranexamic acid
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 medium impact, meaning some people may need to change brand, strength or product while it lasts.
6 product records on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods, listed in full below. The TGA last updated this information on 11 June 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.
tranexamic acid is subsidised on the PBS. The active ingredient is on the current Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, so it is a medicine dispensed under subsidy across Australia rather than one supplied through a narrower route. That is a fact about how widely it is used, not a rating of how serious this shortage is — the TGA's own impact rating above is the only severity statement on this page, and this does not change it.
A PBS listing is recorded against the active ingredient, while a shortage is usually reported against particular brands, strengths or pack sizes. So a subsidised alternative brand of the same ingredient may still be available even where a shortage is open. Your pharmacist can tell you what is in stock and can discuss substitutions with your prescriber.
Source: Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), © Commonwealth of Australia. Data used and redistributed under permission; not modified from its original wording where displayed verbatim.
Products affected
TRANEXAMIC ARX 500 mg/ 5 mL tranexamic acid solution for injection ampoule
Injection, solution · ARTG 214485
- 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
- 4 June 2026 The TGA's dates span 4 months.
- Expected to be resolved
- 9 October 2026 This is the date the supplier has given the TGA. It can move.
- TGA last updated
- 11 June 2026
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.
TRANEXAMIC ACID LUPIN tranexamic acid 500 mg tablet blister pack
Tablet, film coated · ARTG 272729
- 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
- Limited Availability The supplier reports limited stock.
- 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 April 2026 The TGA's dates span 4 months.
- Expected to be resolved
- 21 August 2026 This is the date the supplier has given the TGA. It can move.
- TGA last updated
- 3 June 2026
What the TGA says is being done
An alternative brand is available. An overseas registered product has been approved for supply under Section 19A. The approval holder, Link Medical Products Pty Ltd, can be contacted for details on supply on 1800 181 060.
Quoted from the TGA's own record for this product. Voxsanity has not edited, summarised or interpreted it.
APO-TRANEXAMIC ACID tranexamic acid 500 mg tablet blister pack
Tablet, film coated · ARTG 272732
- 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
- Limited Availability The supplier reports limited stock.
- 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
- 10 July 2025 The TGA's dates span 16 months.
- Expected to be resolved
- 20 November 2026 This is the date the supplier has given the TGA. It can move.
- TGA last updated
- 1 July 2025
What the TGA says is being done
Alternative brands are available. An overseas registered product has been approved for supply under Section 19A. The approval holder, Link Medical Products Pty Ltd, can be contacted for details on supply on 1800 181 060.
Quoted from the TGA's own record for this product. Voxsanity has not edited, summarised or interpreted it.
TRANEXAMIC ACID JUNO tranexamic acid 1000 mg/10 mL solution for injection ampoule
Injection, solution · ARTG 222348
- 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 2024 The TGA's dates span 2 years, 2 months.
- Expected to be resolved
- 31 December 2026 This is the date the supplier has given the TGA. It can move.
- TGA last updated
- 1 August 2024
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.
CYKLOKAPRON tranexamic acid 500mg tablet bottle
Tablet, film coated · ARTG 14463
- 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
- 5 January 2026 The TGA's dates span 5 months.
- Resolved
- 3 June 2026
- TGA last updated
- 23 December 2025
TRANEXAMIC ACID LUMACINA tranexamic acid 1000 mg/10 mL solution for injection ampoule
Injection, solution · ARTG 166415
- 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
- 30 June 2025 The TGA's dates span 12 months.
- Expected to be resolved
- 30 June 2026 This is the date the supplier has given the TGA. It can move.
- TGA last updated
- 18 December 2024
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.
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 tranexamic acid, open the TGA Medicine Shortage Reports Database and type tranexamic acid 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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