Haematologist Dr Cecily Forsyth and MPN AA advocate Nathalie Cook OAM have prepared an explanatory video for patients about the current Australian Pegasys supply.

The video addresses the current and future supply issues and outlines strategies for patients and their haematologists to minimise any problems or manage any short breaks in supply.

In summary, the expected timeline for Pegasys Australian supplies is:

May – July 2025	Just under one month of 135 ug syringes remain. Australia is currently out of 180 ug supply. Patients with 180 ug scripts who may not have enough Pegasys supply to last til July may need a 135 ug script for the interim period.
July 2025	New Irish stock expected to arrive in Australia.  This stock is from the new certified factory in Austria that we will receive stock from later in the year. Patients with 135 ug scripts may need to obtain 180 ug scripts as the Irish stock will have far more 180 ug supplies than 135 ug supplies
July – November 2025	Patients will be using the Irish supplied stock and this will continue to be delivered by JustMeds until permanent supplies are in place. Patients will still need to multidose to preserve supplies.
November 2025	New Australian stock direct from the factory anticipated to arrive

A transcript of this interview is available HERE

Background

On 20 May we posted a  Letter from Echo Therapeutics also explaining more detail around the Pegasys supply situation.

Not sure how to multi-dose?
The MPN AA previously prepared an information sheet on  How some patients multidose.
It includes information on where patients can buy the correct size needles online if their pharmacy or hospital does not have any available.
And below is a short video prepared previously by haematology nurse practitioner Jacqui Jagger showing how to safely multidose.

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