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Estradiol Valerate

As of 04 Nov 2026 18:36 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 Status is always as stated in the latest recorded notice; the sources do not publish resolution, so nothing on this page says a medicine is back — see methodology.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/2023/084 Tier 2 · issued 14 Sep 2023 (1147 days ago)
Expected backw/c 11th December 2023 as stated in the latest recorded notice stated date passed — no update recorded (1053 days)window end 17 Dec 2023, derived from “w/c 11th December 2023”
Protocolno Serious Shortage Protocol in force; 8 expired on this record (below)
ScotlandMSAN(2023)24 issued 19 Sep 2023 — NHS Scotland's own notice, matched by name; kept separate from England

Presentations, as stated in the latest recorded notice

Each line is re-expressed from MSN/2023/084 (14 Sep 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.

PresentationStatus, as statedExpected back, as statedStated in
Estradiol valerate/medroxyprogesterone acetate (Indivina®) 1mg/5mg tabletsaffected product · inferred from phrasingOut of stock, as statedw/c 11th December 2023precision: a month · window end 17 Dec 2023, derived from “w/c 11th December 2023”notice of 14 Sep 2023
Alternative continuous combined hormone replacement therapies (HRT) containing estradiol 1mg but a different progesterone componentnamed by the source as remaining available · inferred from phrasingStated as available— not stated for this linenotice of 14 Sep 2023
Estradiol valerate/medroxyprogesterone acetate (Indivina®) 1mg/2.5mg tabletsnamed by the source as remaining available · inferred from phrasingStated as available; cannot support an uplift in demand— not stated for this linenotice of 14 Sep 2023

Protocol in force

No Serious Shortage Protocol matched to this name is in force on the NHSBSA register — 8 earlier protocols on this record have expired: SSP031 (to 12 May 2023), SSP030 (to 12 May 2023), SSP029 (to 12 May 2023), SSP028 (to 13 Jan 2023), SSP027 (to 13 Jan 2023), SSP026 (to 13 Jan 2023), SSP023 (to 30 Nov 2022), SSP022 (to 30 Nov 2022). Matching is by name until identifier coding lands.

Named in the source as remaining available

  • Alternative continuous combined hormone replacement therapies (HRT) containing estradiol 1mg but a different progesterone component — named by the source as remaining available (inferred from phrasing)
  • Estradiol valerate/medroxyprogesterone acetate (Indivina®) 1mg/2.5mg tablets — 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 — Estradiol Valerate

Also known as
Climaval 1mg tablets · Climaval 2mg tablets · Estradiol valerate 1mg tablets · Estradiol valerate 2mg tablets · FemTab 1mg tablets · FemTab 2mg tablets · +2 more
BNF chemical
Estradiol valerate 0604011K0 — matched on a generic name
Class
Female sex hormones and their modulators · Sex Hormones · Endocrine System
SNOMED codes
15466311000001107, 24659611000001109, 2845111000001100, 2845411000001105, 2845811000001107 and 12 more
Suppliers named in the NHSBSA dataset
Bayer Plc · Merck Serono Ltd · Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd · Viatris UK Healthcare Ltd (from the dataset, not from the notices)

BNF chemical and SNOMED identifiers from NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis (Open Government Licence), matched by name (chemical name), confidence 0.85 — 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

Notified short 2 times on record since 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.

Also recorded under

Bracketed names seen in this medicine's notice titles: indivina. 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

NHS Scotland issues its own Medicine Supply Alert Notices. These match this medicine's name; they are shown beside, never added to, the England record.

Last checked
20 Oct 2026 — sources are checked twice daily by scheduled jobs, not continuously
Last source change
19 Oct 2026
Latest notice captured
25 Feb 2024
Sources
Latest notice post ↗https://cpe.org.uk/our-news/medicine-supply-notification-estradiol-valerate-medroxyprogesterone-acetate-indivina-1mg-5mg-tablets · methodology · corrections log

Re-expressed facts with links to the source documents; roles are inferred from phrasing and flagged; fuzzy dates stay fuzzy. Not an official NHS or DHSC service and not clinical advice — in a shortage, follow the guidance issued to your pharmacy or prescriber. Absence of a record is never availability.