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Medicine Supply Notification · MSN/2024/109

Medicine Supply Notification: Camellia sinensis extract (Catephen® ) 10% ointment Fluorouracil (Efudix® ) 5% cream Imiquimod (Aldara® 5% and Zyclara® 3.75%) cream 250mg sachets

MSN/2024/109 issued 26 Nov 2024

Reference
MSN/2024/109
Kind
Medicine Supply Notification
Issued
26 Nov 2024
Expected back
mid-February 2025 as stated by the source — kept fuzzy
Recorded changes
2
Source
Announcement post ↗

What changed

  1. 26 Nov 2024Supply notification issuedsource post
  2. 26 Nov 2024Expected backsource post

Provenance

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post:1db7325708df

Recorded
28 Jul 2025 06:58 UTC (Internet Archive capture)
the earliest capture we hold is the Internet Archive's, not first-hand
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 14:46 UTC
Content hash
cfcde7ddcddfa66b0875eab6bf48ae4492fbe2c8b9bc64432598f91c7d922207
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-imiquimod-aldara-5-and-bascellex-50mg-g-cream-250mg-sachets ↗
Parser version
3
Source anomalies
  • multiple distinct MSN refs in one post: ['MSN/2024/069', 'MSN/2024/109']
as recorded by the parser about the source as captured — flagged, never corrected
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