Desflurane shortage — US supply status & alternatives

Desflurane

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🇦🇺 AUST R 286615 · Sandoz Pty Ltd

In supply · Australia

Desflurano Piramal

In supply · 🇦🇺 Australia · short in🇺🇸 US

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

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

Marketing-authorisation holders	Sandoz Pty Ltd, BAXTER HEALTHCARE LIMITED, PIRAMAL CRITICAL CARE LIMITED, Baxter Healthcare Pty Ltd +3 more

Registrations on file	8

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

4 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

Piramal Critical Care INCBlue Zone Technologies LTDJiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals CO LTDHebei Yipin Pharmaceutical CO LTD

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

Registration recordmarketing-authorisation holders

Registrations & marketing-authorisation holders8 registrations · 7 MA holders

Product	Strength	Form	Market	MA holder	Status
Sandoz	1 mL	—	🇦🇺 AU	Sandoz Pty Ltd	Active
DESFLURANE 100%V/V INHALATION VAPOUR, LIQUID	100%	desflurane	🇬🇧 GB	BAXTER HEALTHCARE LIMITED	Active
Desflurane 100% V/V Inhalation Vapour, Liquid	100%	desflurane	🇬🇧 GB	PIRAMAL CRITICAL CARE LIMITED	Active
SUPRANE desflurane	1g	—	🇦🇺 AU	Baxter Healthcare Pty Ltd	Active
Piramal	1 mL	—	🇦🇺 AU	—	Active
Desflurane	240mL/240mL	liquid	🇺🇸 US	Sandoz Inc.	Active
Desflurane	250mL/250mL	liquid	🇺🇸 US	PIRAMAL CRITICAL CARE INC	Active
DESFLURANE	—	liquid	🇨🇦 CA	BLUE-ZONE TECHNOLOGIES LTD	Active

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.