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Nexium

As of 06 Nov 2026 02:51 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 Status is always as stated in the latest recorded notice; the sources do not publish resolution, so nothing on this page says a medicine is back — see methodology.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/2021/038 Tier 2 · issued 21 Jul 2021 (1934 days ago)
Expected backw/c 16th August 2021 as stated in the latest recorded notice stated date passed — no update recorded (1902 days)window end 22 Aug 2021, derived from “w/c 16th August 2021”
Protocolno Serious Shortage Protocol matched to this name on the NHSBSA register
ScotlandMSAN(2021)24 issued 03 Aug 2021 — 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/2021/038 (21 Jul 2021): 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
Nexium (esomeprazole) 10mg gastro-resistant granules sachetsaffected product · inferred from phrasingOut of stock, as statedw/c 16th August 2021precision: a month · window end 22 Aug 2021, derived from “w/c 16th August 2021”notice of 21 Jul 2021
Alternative liquid or dispersible tablet formulations of a proton-pump inhibitor (PPI)class-level statement by the source, not a named product · inferred from phrasingStated as available— not stated for this linenotice of 21 Jul 2021

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

The latest recorded notice names no alternative as remaining available.

Identifiers — Nexium

Also known as
Nexium 10mg gastro-resistant granules sachets · Nexium 20mg gastro-resistant tablets (Arrow) · Nexium 20mg gastro-resistant tablets (AstraZeneca) · Nexium 40mg gastro-resistant tablets (Arrow) · Nexium 40mg gastro-resistant tablets (AstraZeneca)
BNF chemical
Esomeprazole 0103050E0 — matched on a brand name
Class
Proton pump inhibitors · Antisecretory drugs and mucosal protectants · Gastro-Intestinal System
SNOMED codes
154111000001106, 16116611000001103, 22380011000001104, 22380211000001109, 240211000001107
Suppliers named in the NHSBSA dataset
Arrow Generics Ltd · Grunenthal Ltd (from the dataset, not from the notices)

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, 21 Jul 2021. 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.

IssuedNoticeKindTierReference
21 Jul 2021Medicine Supply Notification: Nexium® (esomeprazole) 10mg gastro-resistant granules sachetsSupply notificationTier 2MSN/2021/038

Also recorded under

Bracketed names seen in this medicine's notice titles: esomeprazole. 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
18 Jun 2024
Sources
Latest notice post ↗https://cpe.org.uk/our-news/medicine-supply-notification-nexium-esomeprazole-10mg-gastro-resistant-granules-sachets · 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.