Cocaine Hydrochloride shortage — NZ supply status & alternatives

Cocaine Hydrochloride

ATC N01BC01

In supply · Australia

Biomed

In supply · 🇦🇺 Australia · short in🇳🇿 NZ

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)	Cocaine Hydrochloride
Brand names	Biomed
ATC level 5	N01BC01
ATC level 4	N01BC

Therapeutic category	Auto-created by Pharmac — New Zealand Medicine Supply Disruptions scraper

Controlled substance	No

Marketing-authorisation holders	AURUM PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED, LXO US INC., OMNIVIUM PHARMACEUTICALS LLC., SANDOZ CANADA INCORPORATED +1 more

Registrations on file	7

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.

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

2 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

National Institutes Health National Institute Drug AbuseSpecgx LLC

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

Registration recordmarketing-authorisation holders

Registrations & marketing-authorisation holders7 registrations · 5 MA holders

Product	Strength	Form	Market	MA holder	Status
Cocaine Hydrochloride Solution 10% W/V	10%	solution	🇬🇧 GB	AURUM PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED	Active
COCAINE HYDROCHLORIDE	40mg/mL	solution	🇺🇸 US	LXO US INC.	Active
cocaine hydrochloride nasal	40mg/mL	solution	🇺🇸 US	OMNIVIUM PHARMACEUTICALS LLC.	Active
Cocaine Hydrochloride Top Sol	40MG	liquid	🇨🇦 CA	SANDOZ CANADA INCORPORATED	Active
Cocaine Hydrochloride Topical Sol 10%	10%	liquid	🇨🇦 CA	SANDOZ CANADA INCORPORATED	Active
Pms-Cocaine Hydrochloride Topical Sol 10%	10%	liquid	🇨🇦 CA	PHARMASCIENCE INC	Active
Pms-Cocaine Hydrochloride Topical Sol 4%	4%	liquid	🇨🇦 CA	PHARMASCIENCE INC	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.