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Pioglitazone 15mg/metformin 850mg (Competact®) tablets

MSAN(2021)20 · Level 2 · issued 22 Apr 2021

Reference
MSAN(2021)20
Issued
22 Apr 2021
Priority
Level 2
Valid until
early May 2021 as stated by the source
Source
Signed NHS Scotland notice (PDF) ↗

What the notice states

The supply position for each affected product, as recorded in the notice — read the full signed PDF above for the clinical advice and actions.

ProductPositionResupply
1. Pioglitazone 15mg/metformin 850mg tablets (Competact®) is out of stock until early May 2021.Out of stockearly May 2021
2. Generic pioglitazone 15mg/metformin 850mg tablets are out of stock with no resupply date.Out of stock—
3. Pioglitazone 15mg tablets and metformin 850mg tablets remain available and can support theAvailable—

Provenance

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scot:msan:2021:20

Recorded
13 Aug 2026 22:03 UTC
Capture route
Captured first-hand by ShortageSignal's scheduled check
Read from
NHS Scotland Medicine Supply Alert Notice (PDF)
Captured at
13 Aug 2026 22:03 UTC
Content hash
f61a6eac5e52cbea21b3d0d31cbfda95fbcac459dba70eda8ebf42574cc14b95
sha256 of the captured bytes — proves what was captured, not that the source was correct
Source document
https://www.publications.scot.nhs.uk/files/msan-2021-20.pdf ↗

From the NHS Scotland notice PDF (linked above); dates and “valid until” text are as stated, fuzzy wording kept as written. Scotland is covered separately from England — see methodology. Not an official NHS service, and not clinical advice — follow the guidance issued to your pharmacy.