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Notification update · MSN/2025/036

Updated Medicine Supply Notification: Levemir® (insulin detemir) FlexPen® 100units/ml solution for injection 3ml pre-filled pens and Levemir® Penfill 100units/ml solution for injection 3ml cartridges

MSN/2025/036 Tier 2 · medium · issued 16 Jun 2025

Levemir has been notified short 2 times since 2024 — see the full history →
Reference
MSN/2025/036
Kind
Notification update
Issued
16 Jun 2025
Recorded changes
3
Source
Announcement post ↗

What changed

  1. 16 Jun 2025Supply notification issuedsource post
  2. 14 Aug 2025Notification updatedsource post
  3. 14 Aug 2025Product discontinuedsource post
  4. 01 Oct 2026National Patient Safety Alert issuedsource post
  5. 01 Oct 2026Product discontinuedsource post

Provenance

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post:31ca6d7e97f1Updated Medicine Supply Notification: Levemir® (insulin detemir) FlexPen® 100units/ml solution for injection 3ml pre-filled pens and Levemir® Penfill 100units/ml solution for injection 3ml cartridges

Recorded
12 Jul 2026 14:43 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 14:43 UTC
Content hash
08726e7ace703495113b2cafba5151e817d81c4ffca43de34432a95a89a73da1
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-levemir-insulin-detemir-flexpen-100units-ml-solution-for-injection-3ml-pre-filled-pens-and-levemir-penfill-100units-ml-solution-for-injection-3ml-cart ↗
Parser version
3

post:9c3520a234bbNational Patient Safety Alert: Levemir® (insulin detemir) FlexPen® and Levemir® (insulin detemir) Penfill®

Recorded
01 Oct 2026 14:35 UTC
Capture route
Captured first-hand by ShortageSignal's scheduled check
Read from
Community Pharmacy England post (DHSC notification as relayed)
Captured at
01 Oct 2026 14:35 UTC
Content hash
943dc0d77d643136a8aca187686fae0cadcef86654303dcb7499901e54d3c165
sha256 of the captured bytes — proves what was captured, not that the source was correct
Source document
https://cpe.org.uk/our-news/national-patient-safety-alert-levemir-insulin-detemir-flexpen-and-levemir-insulin-detemir-penfill/ ↗
Parser version
3
Source anomalies
  • ref year 2025 != issue year 2026 (MSN/2025/036)
  • multiple statuses on one line (['discontinued', 'available']) — recorded 'discontinued' (source line omitted; see the source document)
as recorded by the parser about the source as captured — flagged, never corrected
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