Acetylsalicylic Acid shortage — BE supply status & alternatives

Acetylsalicylic Acid

ATC A01AD05

In supply · Australia

WHO Essential Medicine

Apo Asa Tab

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

In supply in Australia

Reading today’s signals…

✓ Can I substitute?

Per normal rules

Confirm with prescriber

⇄ Best alternative

Hydrocortisone

◷ Expected back

No estimate

No estimate provided

Product attributes

Active ingredient (INN)	Acetylsalicylic Acid
Brand names	Apo Asa Tab
ATC level 5	A01AD05
ATC level 4	A01AD
Therapeutic category	Auto-created by Health Canada — Drug Shortages Database scraper
WHO Essential Medicine	Yes · 2.1. Non-opioids and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medicines (NSAIMs) (2023)
Controlled substance	No
Marketing-authorisation holders	Mylan Pharmaceuticals Limited, Sanofi-Aventis Groupe, Teva Pharma B.V., VITA HEALTH PRODUCTS INC +13 more
Registrations on file	25
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

1 API manufacturer

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.

Very high concentration risk

Novacyl Sas

Manufacturing countries: France · Source: FDA List of Drug Master Files

Registration recordmarketing-authorisation holders

Registrations & marketing-authorisation holders25 registrations · 17 MA holders

Product	Strength	Form	Market	MA holder	Status
Clopidogrel / Acetylsalicylic acid Viatris	—	—	🌐 EU	Mylan Pharmaceuticals Limited	Active
Clopidogrel/Acetylsalicylic acid Zentiva	—	—	🌐 EU	Sanofi-Aventis Groupe	Active
Clopidogrel/Acetylsalicylic acid Teva	—	—	🌐 EU	Teva Pharma B.V.	Withdrawn
Extra Strength Muscle & Back Pain Asa	500 MG	tablet	🇨🇦 CA	VITA HEALTH PRODUCTS INC	Active
Apo-Butalbital-Acetylsalicylic Acid-Caffeine-Codeine-C 1/4	—	capsule	🇨🇦 CA	APOTEX INC	Active
Apo-Butalbital-Acetylsalicylic Acid-Caffeine-Codeine-C 1/2	—	capsule	🇨🇦 CA	APOTEX INC	Active
Apo-Butalbital-Acetylsalicylic Acid-Caffeine	—	capsule	🇨🇦 CA	APOTEX INC	Active
Acetylsalicylic Acid Stomach Protection	325MG	tablet	🇨🇦 CA	CELLCHEM PHARMACEUTICALS INC.	Active
Acetylsalicylic Acid Extra Strength Stomach Protection	500MG	tablet	🇨🇦 CA	CELLCHEM PHARMACEUTICALS INC.	Active
Acetylsalicylic Acid Tab	300MG	tablet	🇨🇦 CA	PHARMETICS (2011) INC	Active
Acetylsalicylic Acid Caffeine &	8MG	tablet	🇨🇦 CA	STANLEY PHARMACEUTICALS, A DIVISION OF VITA HEALTH PRODUCTS INC.	Active
Acetylsalicylic Acid Tab	325MG	tablet	🇨🇦 CA	PHARMEL INC	Active
Acetylsalicylic Acid Tab 3.9gm	3.9G	tablet	🇨🇦 CA	LANGFORD	Active
Acetylsalicylic Acid Boluses 15.6gm	15.6G	tablet	🇨🇦 CA	LANGFORD	Active
C T Acetylsalicylic Acid Codeine And Caf Tab	—	tablet	🇨🇦 CA	PHARMAVITE LABORATORIES (1987) INC.	Active

+10 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.