Medicine Supply Notification · MSN/2024/107

Medicine Supply Notification: Sodium fusidate (Fucidin® ) 250mg tablets and fusidic acid (Fucidin® ) 250mg/5ml oral suspension

MSN/2024/107 issued 07 Oct 2024

Reference: MSN/2024/107
Kind: Medicine Supply Notification
Issued: 07 Oct 2024
Recorded changes: 2
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.

Presentation	Status, as stated	Expected back, as stated	Stated in
Sodium fusidate (Fucidin®) 250mg tabletsaffected product · inferred from phrasing	Discontinued, as stated	— not stated for this line	notice of 07 Oct 2024
Fusidic acid (Fucidin®) 250mg/5ml oral suspensionaffected product · inferred from phrasing	Discontinued, as stated	— not stated for this line	notice of 07 Oct 2024

What changed

07 Oct 2024Supply notification issuedsource post
07 Oct 2024Product discontinuedsource post

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Recorded: 22 Nov 2025 07:42 UTC (Internet Archive capture)
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Read from: Community Pharmacy England post (DHSC notification as relayed)
Captured at: 12 Jul 2026 14:47 UTC
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Source document: https://cpe.org.uk/our-news/medicine-supply-notification-sodium-fusidate-fucidin-250mg-tablets-and-fusidic-acid-fucidin-250mg-5ml-oral-suspension ↗
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