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Medicine Supply Notification · MSN/2026/012

Medicine Supply Notification: Sodium valproate (Epilim Chronosphere® ) 100mg modified-release granules sachets sugar free

MSN/2026/012 Tier 2 · medium · issued 17 Feb 2026

Sodium Valproate has been notified short 2 times since 2026 — see the full history →
Reference
MSN/2026/012
Kind
Medicine Supply Notification
Issued
17 Feb 2026
Expected back
mid-April 2026 as stated by the source — kept fuzzy
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.

PresentationStatus, as statedExpected back, as statedStated in
Sodium valproate (Epilim Chronosphere®) 100mg modified release granules sachets sugar freeaffected product · inferred from phrasingOut of stock, as statedmid-April 2026precision: mid-month · window end 20 Apr 2026, derived from “mid-April 2026”notice of 17 Feb 2026
Alternative sodium valproate productsclass-level statement by the source, not a named product · inferred from phrasingStated as available— not stated for this linenotice of 17 Feb 2026

What changed

  1. 17 Feb 2026Supply notification issuedsource post
  2. 17 Feb 2026Expected backsource post

Provenance

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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
11328a92ca9a3e88b63f2e195b8990d74a03b08f32297dcfb3da7cd3a93a4592
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-sodium-valproate-epilim-chronosphere-100mg-modified-release-granules-sachets-sugar-free ↗
Parser version
3
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