Medicine · bench card

Ofloxacin

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

As of 04 Nov 2026 15:12 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 Status is always as stated in the latest recorded notice; the sources do not publish resolution, so nothing on this page says a medicine is back — see methodology.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/2022/091 Tier 2 · issued 27 Oct 2022 (1469 days ago)

Expected backmid-December 2022 as stated in the latest recorded notice stated date passed — no update recorded (1415 days)window end 20 Dec 2022, derived from “mid-December 2022”

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/2022/091 (27 Oct 2022): 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
Ofloxacin 200mg tabletsaffected product · inferred from phrasing	Out of stock, as stated	mid-December 2022precision: mid-month · window end 20 Dec 2022, derived from “mid-December 2022”	notice of 27 Oct 2022
Alternative fluoroquinolone antibioticsclass-level statement by the source, not a named product · inferred from phrasing	Stated as available	— not stated for this line	notice of 27 Oct 2022

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 — Ofloxacin

Also known as: Ofloxacin 100mg/5ml oral liquid · Ofloxacin 200mg tablets · Ofloxacin 200mg/100ml solution for infusion bottles · Ofloxacin 250mg/5ml oral liquid · Ofloxacin 400mg tablets · Tarivid 200mg tablets · +2 more
BNF chemical: Ofloxacin 0501120P0 — matched on a generic name
Class: Quinolones · Antibacterial drugs · Infections
SNOMED codes: 12895811000001101, 12896211000001108, 12897211000001105, 12897811000001106, 12898411000001108 and 34 more
Suppliers named in the NHSBSA dataset: A A H Pharmaceuticals Ltd · Alliance Healthcare (Distribution) Ltd · Bristol Laboratories Ltd · DE Pharmaceuticals · Mawdsley-Brooks & Company Ltd · Sandoz Ltd · +7 more (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, 27 Oct 2022. 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
27 Oct 2022	Medicine Supply Notification: Ofloxacin 200mg tablets	Supply notification	Tier 2	MSN/2022/091

Also recorded under

No other name appears in this medicine's notice titles. 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.