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Medicine Supply Notification · MSN/2021/034

Medicine Supply Notification: Gentisone HC® (Gentamicin 0.3% w/v and Hydrocortisone acetate 1% w/v) Ear Drops - Updated

MSN/2021/034 Tier 2 · medium · issued 12 Jul 2021

Reference
MSN/2021/034
Kind
Medicine Supply Notification
Issued
12 Jul 2021
Expected back
w/c 25th October 2021 as stated by the source — kept fuzzy
Recorded changes
2
Source
Announcement post ↗
Recovered from the Internet Archive · archived 21 May 2024 — not first-hand capture, dated by its own stated issue date (see methodology).

Presentations, as stated

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PresentationStatus, as statedExpected back, as statedStated in
Gentisone HC® ear dropsaffected product · inferred from phrasingOut of stock, as statedw/c 25th October 2021precision: a month · window end 31 Oct 2021, derived from “w/c 25th October 2021”notice of 12 Jul 2021
Alternative combination topical ear products containing an aminoglycoside with a steroidclass-level statement by the source, not a named product · inferred from phrasingStated as available— not stated for this linenotice of 12 Jul 2021

What changed

  1. 12 Jul 2021Supply notification issuedsource post
  2. 12 Jul 2021Expected backsource post

Provenance

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Recorded
21 May 2024 07:18 UTC (Internet Archive capture)
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Capture route
Recovered from the Internet Archive — not first-hand capture
Read from
Community Pharmacy England post (DHSC notification as relayed)
Captured at
21 May 2024 07:18 UTC
Content hash
c303a3273f0d263e07a0b0c630481ca57534f6e2277a12f51d67e7a40764a487
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Source document
https://cpe.org.uk/our-news/medicine-supply-notification-gentisone-hc-gentamicin-0-3-w-v-and-hydrocortisone-acetate-1-w-v-ear-drops ↗
Archive capture
https://web.archive.org/web/20240521071816id_/https://cpe.org.uk/our-news/medicine-supply-notification-gentisone-hc-gentamicin-0-3-w-v-and-hydrocortisone-acetate-1-w-v-ear-drops ↗
Parser version
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