varenicline tartrate
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.
8 product records on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods, listed in full below. The TGA last updated this information on 9 October 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
VARENAPIX 0.5 mg varenicline (as tartrate) tablets and 1.0 mg varenicline (as tartrate) tablets composite blister pack
Tablet, film coated · ARTG 393491
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
- 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
- 8 October 2026 The TGA's dates span 2 months.
- Expected to be resolved
- 4 December 2026 This is the date the supplier has given the TGA. It can move.
- TGA last updated
- 9 October 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.
PHARMACOR VARENICLINE varenicline (as tartrate) 1 mg film coated tablet bottle
Tablet, film coated · ARTG 395137
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- 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
- 17 August 2026 The TGA's dates span 5 months.
- Expected to be resolved
- 1 January 2027 This is the date the supplier has given the TGA. It can move.
- TGA last updated
- 20 August 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.
VARENICLINE LUPIN varenicline (as tartrate) 0.5 mg and 1 mg tablet blister pack composite pack
Tablet, film coated · ARTG 444620
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- 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
- 11 June 2026 The TGA's dates span 4 months.
- Expected to be resolved
- 23 October 2026 This is the date the supplier has given the TGA. It can move.
- TGA last updated
- 3 July 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.
VARENAPIX 1 mg varenicline (as tartrate) tablets bottle
Tablet, film coated · ARTG 397897
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- 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
- 31 August 2026 The TGA's dates span 1 month.
- Resolved
- 8 October 2026
- TGA last updated
- 31 July 2026
PHARMACOR VARENICLINE varenicline (as tartrate) 0.5 mg and varenicline (as tartrate) 1 mg film coated tablet composite blister pack
Tablet, film coated · ARTG 395134
Read the TGA's own shortage record for this product
- Status
- No longer published The TGA no longer publishes a shortage report for this product, so it is not recorded as being in shortage now. The TGA removes a shortage report from its database some months after the shortage ends. Your pharmacist can tell you what is in stock.
- 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
- 8 May 2026 The TGA's dates span 26 days.
- Resolved
- 3 June 2026
- TGA last updated
- 11 May 2026
VARENICLINE VIATRIS varenicline (as tartrate) 0.5 mg tablet and varenicline (as tartrate) 1 mg tablet composite blister pack
Tablet, film coated · ARTG 408012
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- 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
- 6 March 2026 The TGA's dates span 6 months.
- Resolved
- 2 September 2026
- TGA last updated
- 5 February 2026
CHAMPIX varenicline (as tartrate) 0.5 mg and 1.0 mg tablet blister pack
Tablet, film coated · ARTG 124940
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- 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
- 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 2021
- 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
- 6 December 2021
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.
CHAMPIX varenicline (as tartrate) 1.0 mg tablet blister pack
Tablet, film coated · ARTG 124941
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
- 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 2021
- 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
- 6 December 2021
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.
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 varenicline tartrate as a whole; to see them together, open the TGA Medicine Shortage Reports Database and type varenicline tartrate 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.
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