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Notification update · MSN/2024/103

Medicine Supply Notification: NovoRapid® (insulin aspart) FlexTouch® 100units/ml solution for injection 3ml pre-filled pens-Updated

MSN/2024/103 Tier 2 · medium · issued 16 Oct 2024

Novorapid has been notified short 3 times since 2022 — see the full history →
Reference
MSN/2024/103
Kind
Notification update
Issued
16 Oct 2024
Expected back
late February 2025 as stated by the source — kept fuzzy
Recorded changes
4
Source
Announcement post ↗

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.

PresentationStatus, as statedExpected back, as statedStated in
NovoRapid® (insulin aspart) FlexTouch® 100units/ml solution for injection 3ml pre-filled pensaffected product · inferred from phrasingOut of stock, as stated⚠ the source line states more than one status — first stated shownlate February 2025precision: late in the month · window end 28 Feb 2025, derived from “late February 2025”update of 07 Jan 2025
NovoRapid® (insulin aspart) FlexTouch® 100units/ml solution for injection 3ml pre-filled pensaffected product · inferred from phrasingDiscontinued, as stated— not stated for this linenotice of 16 Oct 2024
NovoRapid® (insulin aspart) FlexPen® 100 units/ml solution for injection 3ml pre-filled pensnamed by the source as remaining available · inferred from phrasingStated as available— not stated for this linenotice of 16 Oct 2024
NovoRapid® (insulin aspart) Penfill® 100 units/ml solution for injection 3ml cartridgesnamed by the source as remaining available · inferred from phrasingStated as available— not stated for this linenotice of 16 Oct 2024
Insulin aspart biosimilar, Trurapi® (100units/ml solution for injection in 3ml pre-filled SoloStar® pens and 3ml cartridges)named by the source as remaining available · inferred from phrasingStated as available— not stated for this linenotice of 16 Oct 2024

What changed

  1. 16 Oct 2024Supply notification issuedsource post
  2. 16 Oct 2024Expected backsource post
  3. 07 Jan 2025Notification updatedsource post
  4. 07 Jan 2025Product discontinuedsource post

Provenance

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post:95876ab97bef

Recorded
12 Jul 2026 14:47 UTC
Capture route
Captured first-hand by ShortageSignal's scheduled check
Read from
Community Pharmacy England post (DHSC notification as relayed)
Captured at
12 Jul 2026 14:47 UTC
Content hash
45630e32080952ef26e8fca456e4b3ecd7625c352ab2be3c7c1c49cdf4d65cf5
sha256 of the captured bytes — proves what was captured, not that the source was correct
Source document
https://cpe.org.uk/our-news/medicine-supply-notification-novorapid-insulin-aspart-flextouch-100units-ml-solution-for-injection-3ml-pre-filled-pens ↗
Parser version
3
Source anomalies
  • multiple statuses on one line (['out_of_stock', 'discontinued']) — recorded 'out_of_stock' (source line omitted; see the source document)
as recorded by the parser about the source as captured — flagged, never corrected
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