Metoprolol Tartrate shortage — US supply status & alternatives

Metoprolol Tartrate

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🇦🇺 AUST R 298212

In supply · Australia

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

In supply in Australia

Reading today’s signals…

🇦🇺 AUAEMPA$2.50DPMQ A$17.10details →

✓ 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

Active ingredient (INN)

Therapeutic category	Auto-created by U.S. Food and Drug Administration — Drug Shortages scraper

Controlled substance	No

Marketing-authorisation holders	Medis Pharma Pty Ltd, Ipca Pharma (Australia) Pty Ltd, Generics (UK) Limited, MILPHARM LIMITED +5 more

Registrations on file	25

Patient information leaflet (PIL)	Not on file

Summary of product characteristics (SPC)	Not on file

Trade price 🇦🇺 PBS · July 2026

🇦🇺 AU

● Official price on file

Ex-manufacturer

A$2.50

AEMP

Dispensed (DPMQ)

A$17.10

incl. fees

Pack

METOPROLOL TARTRATE Tablet 50 mg, 100

Source: PBSEffective July 2026 · AUD

Other markets

🇺🇸 US

US$0.14

Acquisition

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.

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

13 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.

Low concentration risk

Zhejiang Apeloa Jiayuan Pharmaceutical CO LTDTapi Nl BVSocieta Italiana Medicinali Scandicci Sims SrlMoehs Iberica SlIpca Laboratories LTDSun Pharmaceutical Industries LTD+7 more

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

FDA-approved products 🇺🇸 Drugs@FDA

Approved applications

Generic (ANDA)

Brand (NDA/BLA)

Aug 2025

Latest approval

Shortage status by regulator official notices

🇺🇸

United States

FDA-FE · 15h ago

High

🇨🇦

Canada

HC · just now

Medium

🇧🇪

FAMHP · 1mo ago

Medium

Recalls official enforcement reports

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METOPROLOL TARTRATE

Westminster Pharmaceuticals LLC · Aug 2025

Class IIdetails ↗

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METOPROLOL TARTRATE

Westminster Pharmaceuticals LLC · Aug 2025

Class IIdetails ↗

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METOPROLOL TARTRATE

Rubicon Research Private Limited · May 2024

Class IIdetails ↗

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METOPROLOL TARTRATE

Rubicon Research Private Limited · Dec 2021

Class IIdetails ↗

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METOPROLOL TARTRATE

Aurobindo Pharma USA Inc. · Sept 2021

Class IIdetails ↗

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METOPROLOL

Baxter Healthcare Corporation · Oct 2018

Class IIIdetails ↗

Verified timeline regulator events

🇨🇦 12 June 2026

medium reported

🇧🇪 5 May 2026

medium reported

🇨🇦 3 Sept 2025

medium reported

🇺🇸 3 June 2025

medium reported

🇺🇸 6 May 2024

high reported

🇨🇦 12 Jan 2024

medium reported

Sources official regulators

🇨🇦

verified just now

verify ↗

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FDA

verified just now

verify ↗

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FDA-FE

verified 15h ago

verify ↗

🇧🇪

FAMHP

verified 1mo ago

verify ↗

Registration recordmarketing-authorisation holders

Registrations & marketing-authorisation holders25 registrations · 9 MA holders

Product	Strength	Form	Market	MA holder	Status
NOUMED METOPROLOL metoprolol tartrate	50mg	—	🇦🇺 AU	—	Active
NOUMED METOPROLOL metoprolol tartrate	100mg	—	🇦🇺 AU	—	Active
METOPROLOL-AS metoprolol tartrate	50mg	tabfc	🇦🇺 AU	Medis Pharma Pty Ltd	Active
METOPROLOL-GA metoprolol tartrate	100 mg	tabfc	🇦🇺 AU	Medis Pharma Pty Ltd	Active
IPCA-METOPROLOL metoprolol tartrate	100 mg	—	🇦🇺 AU	Ipca Pharma (Australia) Pty Ltd	Active
METOPROLOL ERIS metoprolol tartrate	50mg	tabfc	🇦🇺 AU	Medis Pharma Pty Ltd	Active
APO-METOPROLOL metoprolol tartrate	50mg	—	🇦🇺 AU	—	Active
METOPROLOL WATSON metoprolol tartrate	100 mg	tabfc	🇦🇺 AU	Medis Pharma Pty Ltd	Active
APO-METOPROLOL metoprolol tartrate	100 mg	—	🇦🇺 AU	—	Active
IPCA-METOPROLOL metoprolol tartrate	50mg	—	🇦🇺 AU	Ipca Pharma (Australia) Pty Ltd	Active
METOPROLOL-AS metoprolol tartrate	100 mg	tabfc	🇦🇺 AU	Medis Pharma Pty Ltd	Active
METOPROLOL-GA metoprolol tartrate	50mg	tabfc	🇦🇺 AU	Medis Pharma Pty Ltd	Active
METOPROLOL WATSON metoprolol tartrate	50mg	tabfc	🇦🇺 AU	Medis Pharma Pty Ltd	Active
METOPROLOL-WT metoprolol tartrate	100 mg	tabfc	🇦🇺 AU	Medis Pharma Pty Ltd	Active
METOPROLOL-WT metoprolol tartrate	50mg	tabfc	🇦🇺 AU	Medis Pharma Pty Ltd	Active

+10 more registrations on file

Mederti Drug Report

Generated 2 July 2026 · Australia market · 4 regulatory sources

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.