Water shortage — CA supply status & alternatives

Water

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🇦🇺 AUST L 303796 · iNova Pharmaceuticals Australia Pty Ltd

In supply · Australia

Sterile Water

In supply · 🇦🇺 Australia · short in🇨🇦 CA

In supply in Australia

Reading today’s signals…

✓ Can I substitute?

Per normal rules

Confirm with prescriber

⇄ Best alternative

None listed

refer to prescriber

◷ Expected back

No estimate

No estimate provided

Product attributes reference data we hold

Controlled substance
Active ingredient (INN)	Water
Brand names	Sterile Water
Therapeutic category	Auto-created by FDA Drug Enforcement — Full Recall Database scraper

Marketing-authorisation holders	iNova Pharmaceuticals Australia Pty Ltd, Integria Healthcare Australia Pty Ltd, Body Science International Pty Ltd, Ensign Laboratories Pty Ltd +8 more

Registrations on file	30

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.

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

3 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.

High concentration risk

Simtra Us LLCCsl Behring GMBHRovi Pharma Industrial Services SA

Manufacturing countries: United States, Switzerland, Spain · Source: FDA List of Drug Master Files

Recalls official enforcement reports

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STERILE WATER

B BRAUN MEDICAL INC · Apr 2026

Class IIdetails ↗

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STERILE WATER

Baxter Healthcare Corporation · Dec 2025

Class IIdetails ↗

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STERILE WATER

B BRAUN MEDICAL INC · Aug 2025

Class IIdetails ↗

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STERILE WATER

Mckesson Medical-Surgical Inc. Corporate Office · Apr 2022

Class IIdetails ↗

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STERILE WATER

Pfizer Inc. · May 2021

Class IIdetails ↗

Registration recordmarketing-authorisation holders

Registrations & marketing-authorisation holders30 registrations · 12 MA holders

Product	Strength	Form	Market	MA holder	Status
Invisible Zinc Sport Mineral Sunscreen SPF 50+	—	—	🇦🇺 AU	iNova Pharmaceuticals Australia Pty Ltd	Active
Eureka Eucalyptus Water Soluble	—	—	🇦🇺 AU	Integria Healthcare Australia Pty Ltd	Active
GREENTEA TX100 Watermelon	—	—	🇦🇺 AU	Body Science International Pty Ltd	Active
DRI SCREEN Sunscreen	—	—	🇦🇺 AU	—	Active
Le Tan Spf50+ Watermelon Sunscreen Lotion	—	—	🇦🇺 AU	Ensign Laboratories Pty Ltd	Active
Shred Ultra Advanced Watermelon	—	—	🇦🇺 AU	Body Science International Pty Ltd	Active
Aesthetics Rx Tinted Water Resistant Sunscreen Cream	—	—	🇦🇺 AU	—	Active
Hydrogen Water Skin Plus	—	—	🇦🇺 AU	—	Active
Hydrogen Water Vitality	—	—	🇦🇺 AU	—	Active
Hydrogen Water Digestion Plus	—	—	🇦🇺 AU	—	Active
Hydrogen Water Immune Plus	—	—	🇦🇺 AU	—	Active
Rejuvenation Hydrogen Water Plus	—	—	🇦🇺 AU	—	Active
Hydralyte Watermelon Burst Flavoured Effervescent Electrolyte	—	—	🇦🇺 AU	Care Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd	Active
Original Hydrogen Water Plus	—	—	🇦🇺 AU	—	Active
Ombra Lip Balm Watermelon SPF50+	—	—	🇦🇺 AU	Ross Cosmetics Aust Pty Ltd	Active

+15 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.