The pharmaceutical company Pfizer Australia has notified us of a shortage of both strengths of Bicillin L-A (benzathine benzylpenicillin tetrahydrate) prefilled syringes for injection (600,000 units per syringe and 1.2 million units per syringe). Pfizer Australia has advised us that these shortages will continue into 2024.
Up-to-date information about shortage dates and the management actions we have taken is available on the medicine shortage reports database.
