Olanzapine inj 10mg vial: Hospital medicine supply issue

Supply issue Hospital only Active

There was an out of stock situation with olanzapine injection 10mg vial

26 June 2025 | Update

A large shipment has arrived and is available from Pharmaco. It is US packaged but has a labelling exemption and can be treated as Medsafe-registered. The Pharmacode is 2709430.

The supplier will continue to allocate stock until there is more certainty about future shipments

What is happening

There has been a supply issue affecting this product. 

While olanzapine inj 10mg vial is listed on the Hospital Medicines List as 'any brand', we understand only one brand is used, Zyprexa supplied by Pharmaco (Pharmacode is 2146967).

HML listing for olanzapine(external link)

Who to contact

If you have questions about this issue, email enquiry@pharmac.govt.nz

Please include as much information as you can about the product (presentation, brand, pharmacode) and who your wholesaler is.  

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