Live-Varicella-Vaccine shortage — AU supply status & alternatives

Live-Varicella-Vaccine

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Anticipated · Australia

VARILRIX HSA-FREE varicella vaccine live attenuated

Anticipated · 🇦🇺 Australia

Anticipated shortage

Reading today’s signals…

✓ Can I substitute?

Per normal rules

Confirm with prescriber

⇄ Best alternative

None listed

refer to prescriber

◷ Expected back

Nov 2026

Sponsor est. via TGA

Product attributes reference data we hold

Active ingredient (INN)	Live-Varicella-Vaccine
Brand names	VARILRIX HSA-FREE varicella vaccine live attenuated
Therapeutic category	Auto-created by Therapeutic Goods Administration — Medicine Shortages scraper

Controlled substance	No

Patient information leaflet (PIL)	Not on file

Summary of product characteristics (SPC)	Not on file

Trade price 🇦🇺 Australia · awaiting price ingest

🇦🇺 AU

Ex-manufacturer

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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.

Substitution pathways 🇦🇺 Australia · TGA

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No substitution instrument in force

Dispense per normal rules, or refer to the prescriber. No active SSSI/S19A instrument detected for this medicine.

How long have past shortages lasted? from 2 resolved events

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0–1 months

Historical pattern from resolved shortage records — not a prediction of this event.

Shortage status by regulator official notices

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Australia

TGA · 2h ago

Critical

Verified timeline regulator events

🇦🇺 10 Sept 2026

critical reported

🇦🇺 12 Mar 2026

Shortage resolved

🇦🇺 11 Feb 2026

Shortage resolved

🇦🇺 23 Sept 2025

critical reported

Sources official regulators

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TGA

verified 2h ago

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Mederti Drug Report

Generated 1 July 2026 · Australia market · 1 regulatory source

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.