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Ciclosporin

https://shortagesignal.co.uk/medicine/ciclosporin

As of 05 Nov 2026 16:14 UTC. Status is always as stated in the latest recorded notice; the sources do not publish resolution, so nothing on this page says a medicine is back — see methodology.

Latest England noticeMSN/2023/036 Tier 3 · issued 29 Mar 2023 (1317 days ago)

Expected backmid-May 2023 as stated in the latest recorded notice stated date passed — no update recorded (1265 days)window end 20 May 2023, derived from “mid-May 2023”

Protocolno Serious Shortage Protocol matched to this name on the NHSBSA register

Scotlandno NHS Scotland alert matched to this name (separate record)

Presentations, as stated in the latest recorded notice

Each line is re-expressed from MSN/2023/036 (29 Mar 2023): the product named, the status the source stated, and the expected-back phrase kept as written. Not the source's sentence, and not an observation of stock.

Presentation	Status, as stated	Expected back, as stated	Stated in
Ciclosporin (Vanquorel®) 25mg capsulesaffected product · inferred from phrasing	Out of stock, as stated	mid-May 2023precision: mid-month · window end 20 May 2023, derived from “mid-May 2023”	notice of 29 Mar 2023
Alternative brands of ciclosporin capsules (Neoral® and Capsorin®)named by the source as remaining available · inferred from phrasing	Stated as available	— not stated for this line	notice of 29 Mar 2023

Protocol in force

No Serious Shortage Protocol matched to this name is in force on the NHSBSA register. Matching is by name until identifier coding lands.

Named in the source as remaining available

Alternative brands of ciclosporin capsules (Neoral® and Capsorin®) — named by the source as remaining available (inferred from phrasing)

Only names the source itself listed, as it listed them (source post ↗). No substitution, dosing or counselling advice is given here or implied.

Identifiers — Ciclosporin

Also known as: Capimune 100mg capsules · Capimune 25mg capsules · Capimune 50mg capsules · Capsorin 100mg capsules · Capsorin 100mg/ml oral solution · Capsorin 25mg capsules · +26 more
BNF chemical: Ciclosporin 0802020G0 — matched on a generic name
Class: Corticosteroids and other immunosuppressants · Drugs affecting the immune response · Malignant Disease and Immunosuppression
SNOMED codes: 16306511000001107, 16306711000001102, 16306911000001100, 16550511000001102, 16550711000001107 and 67 more
Suppliers named in the NHSBSA dataset: A A H Pharmaceuticals Ltd · Colorama Pharmaceuticals Ltd · Cubic Pharmaceuticals Ltd · DE Pharmaceuticals · Dexcel-Pharma Ltd · Ennogen Healthcare Ltd · +12 more (from the dataset, not from the notices)
Also recorded under: Capimune (brand) — same BNF chemical; separate pages, separate counts

BNF chemical and SNOMED identifiers from NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis (Open Government Licence), matched by name (presentation name), confidence 0.90 — grouping under review where marked Release Jul 2026.

BNF SNOMED mapping, NHSBSA Copyright 2026; Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) Monthly Administrative Data, NHSBSA Copyright 2026. This information is licenced under the terms of the Open Government Licence.

History

One supply notification on record, 29 Mar 2023. We record when a shortage is declared, not when stock returns — the source doesn't publish that. An update sharing a reference counts as one episode.

Issued	Notice	Kind	Tier	Reference
29 Mar 2023	Medicine Supply Notification: Ciclosporin (Vanquorel® ) 25mg capsules	Supply notification	Tier 3	MSN/2023/036

Also recorded under

Bracketed names seen in this medicine's notice titles: vanquorel. Grouping is by the head name in each title; brand and generic names may still sit on separate pages until identifier coding refines it — see the A–Z.

Scotland — separate record

No NHS Scotland Medicine Supply Alert Notice on record matches this name. Scotland is a separate record (all Scotland alerts); absence here is not a statement about supply in Scotland.