Caffeine shortage — CA supply status & alternatives

Caffeine

ATC D11AX26

🇦🇺 AUST R 300386 · Soul Pattinson Manufacturing Pty Ltd

In supply · Australia

Anacin

In supply · 🇦🇺 Australia · short in🇨🇦 CA🇧🇪 BE

In supply in Australia

Reading today’s signals…

✓ Can I substitute?

In supply

no shortage substitution needed

⇄ Best alternative

None listed

refer to prescriber

◷ Expected back

No estimate

No estimate provided

Product attributes reference data we hold

Active ingredient (INN)	Caffeine
Brand names	Anacin

ATC level 4	D11AX

Therapeutic category	Auto-created by Health Canada — Drug Shortages Database scraper

Controlled substance	No

Marketing-authorisation holders	Soul Pattinson Manufacturing Pty Ltd, iNova Pharmaceuticals Australia Pty Ltd, Nova Pharmaceuticals Australasia Pty Ltd, THORNTON & ROSS LIMITED +8 more

Registrations on file	24

Patient information leaflet (PIL)	Not on file

Summary of product characteristics (SPC)	Not on file

Trade price 🇦🇺 Australia · awaiting price ingest

🇦🇺 AU

Ex-manufacturer

—

Dispensed (DPMQ)

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Pack

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Not yet captured for Australia

Official pricing isn’t on file for this market yet. PBS (Australia), NHS Drug Tariff (United Kingdom) and CMS NADAC (United States) feeds are prioritised; this panel populates automatically once the data lands.

Other markets

🇺🇸 US

US$0.08

Acquisition

Global API supply base 🇺🇸 FDA Drug Master Files · active Type II

6 API manufacturers

Manufacturers with an active Type II Drug Master File — i.e. cleared to supply this active ingredient into the US market. A proxy for how concentrated the global manufacturing base is.

Moderate concentration risk

Siegfried Pharmachemikalien Minden GMBHShandong Xinhua Pharmaceutical CO LTDJilin Shulan Synthetic Pharmaceutical CO LTDCspc Innovation Pharm CO LTDSunpure Extracts PVT LTDAarti Pharmalabs LTD

Manufacturing countries: Germany, China, India · Source: FDA List of Drug Master Files

Recalls official enforcement reports

🇺🇸

Caffeine And Sodium Benzoate Injection

Pharm D Solutions, LLC · Sept 2018

Class IIdetails ↗

🇺🇸

Caffeine Powder

Global Marketing Enterprises, Inc. · May 2017

Class IIdetails ↗

🇺🇸

Caffeine Tablet

Aidapak Services, LLC · July 2013

Class IIdetails ↗

Registration recordmarketing-authorisation holders

Registrations & marketing-authorisation holders24 registrations · 12 MA holders

Product	Strength	Form	Market	MA holder	Status
PRICELINE PARACETAMOL & CAFFEINE film coated tablet blister pack	—	—	🇦🇺 AU	Soul Pattinson Manufacturing Pty Ltd	Active
Wakey Wakey Caffeine Energy Effervescent	—	—	🇦🇺 AU	—	Active
Caffeine Gummies	—	—	🇦🇺 AU	—	Active
NYAL PARACETAMOL PLUS CAFFEINE tablet blister pack	—	—	🇦🇺 AU	iNova Pharmaceuticals Australia Pty Ltd	Active
HEDANOL EXTRA paracetamol	500 mg	—	🇦🇺 AU	Nova Pharmaceuticals Australasia Pty Ltd	Active
Caffeine Energy	—	—	🇦🇺 AU	—	Active
Caffeine Energy Lemon & Lime Flavour	—	—	🇦🇺 AU	—	Active
Caffeine Energy + Muscle Health Lemon Flavour	—	—	🇦🇺 AU	—	Active
Caffeine Energy + Immunity Orange Flavour	—	—	🇦🇺 AU	—	Active
Caffeine Energy + Multivitamin	—	—	🇦🇺 AU	—	Active
Caffeine Energy Liquid Caps	—	—	🇦🇺 AU	—	Active
Paracetamol,Ascorbicacid,Caffeine,Terpinhydrate,Phenylephrinehydrochloride 500/30/25/20/	5MG	tablet	🇬🇧 GB	THORNTON & ROSS LIMITED	Active
Caffeine Citrate	10MG	injection	🇬🇧 GB	MACARTHYS LABORATORIES LIMITED	Active
Paracetamol And Caffeine	500MG	tablet	🇬🇧 GB	OMEGA PHARMA LIMITED	Active
Paracetamol/Caffeine	500 MG	tablet	🇬🇧 GB	ASPAR PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED	Active

+9 more registrations on file

For health-professional reference only. Mederti aggregates shortage and substitution information from official regulatory sources. It is not clinical advice and data may be incomplete or delayed. Confirm any substitution or supply decision against the primary regulator source, the prescriber, and current clinical references (e.g. AMH) before acting. Terms.