Medicine Supply Notification · MSN/2023/086

Medicine Supply Notification: Midazolam (Epistatus® ) 2.5mg/0.25ml and 10mg/1ml oromucosal solution pre-filled oral syringes

MSN/2023/086 Tier 2 · medium · issued 14 Sep 2023

Midazolam has been notified short 3 times since 2023 — see the full history →

Reference: MSN/2023/086
Kind: Medicine Supply Notification
Issued: 14 Sep 2023
Expected back: late November 2023 as stated by the source — kept fuzzy
Recorded changes: 2
Source: Announcement post ↗
Recovered from the Internet Archive · archived 29 Nov 2023 — not first-hand capture, dated by its own stated issue date (see methodology).

Presentations, as stated

Each product line re-expressed as the product named, the status the source stated and its expected-back phrase kept as written — not the source's sentence, and not an observation of stock. Roles are inferred from phrasing.

Presentation	Status, as stated	Expected back, as stated	Stated in
Midazolam (Epistatus®) 2.5mg/0.25ml and 10mg/1ml oromucosal solution pre-filled oral syringesaffected product · inferred from phrasing	Out of stock, as stated	late November 2023precision: late in the month · window end 30 Nov 2023, derived from “late November 2023”	notice of 14 Sep 2023
Midazolam (Buccolam® and generic) 2.5mg/0.5ml oromucosal solution pre-filled oral syringesnamed by the source as remaining available · inferred from phrasing	Stated as available	— not stated for this line	notice of 14 Sep 2023
Midazolam (Buccolam®) 10mg/2ml oromucosal solution pre-filled oral syringesnamed by the source as remaining available · inferred from phrasing	Stated as available	— not stated for this line	notice of 14 Sep 2023
Generic midazolam 10mg/2ml oromucosal solution pre-filled oral syringesnamed by the source as remaining available · inferred from phrasing	Stated as available; cannot support an uplift in demand	— not stated for this line	notice of 14 Sep 2023

What changed

14 Sep 2023Supply notification issuedsource post
14 Sep 2023Expected backsource post

Provenance

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Recorded: 29 Nov 2023 08:12 UTC (Internet Archive capture)
the earliest capture we hold is the Internet Archive's, not first-hand
Capture route: Recovered from the Internet Archive — not first-hand capture
Read from: Community Pharmacy England post (DHSC notification as relayed)
Captured at: 29 Nov 2023 08:12 UTC
Content hash: 50622f1a9f857248f7ebe5f5121135bd1160528cbba9633cdf087dfa8e1d8bef
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Source document: https://cpe.org.uk/our-news/medicine-supply-notification-midazolam-epistatus-2-5mg-0-25ml-and-10mg-1ml-oromucosal-solution-pre-filled-oral-syringes ↗
Archive capture: https://web.archive.org/web/20231129081251id_/https://cpe.org.uk/our-news/medicine-supply-notification-midazolam-epistatus-2-5mg-0-25ml-and-10mg-1ml-oromucosal-solution-pre-filled-oral-syringes ↗
Parser version: 3

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