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Praziquantel shortage — availability across Europe

Praziquantel currently has availability issues reported in 1 European register: France.

MEDICALLY REVIEWED

Dr. Chrysoula I. Liakou MD, PhD

Internal Medicine Specialist
Cancer Immunology Researcher

Reviewed 30 July 2026 · next review due 30 January 2027

Shortage ATC — · also listed as: praziquantel · data refreshed 7 August 2026

Key facts

As of 7 August 2026, Praziquantel has active availability issues in 1 of 10 tracked European registers.
Registers reporting issues: France.
Data source: 2 official medicines-agency registers, refreshed daily.

As of 7 August 2026, 1 of the 10 tracked registers list current availability issues for Praziquantel, covering 1 affected product presentation.

Discontinued Listed in the EMA shortages catalogue — EU-level issue. EMA lists available alternatives — see the EMA record. EMA record ↗

Where	Status & products	Since	Expected end	Reason / alternatives	Source
🇪🇺 EU-wide (EMA)	Discontinued Biltricide (praziquantel)	2025-08-26	—	Trematode Infections Alternatives: EMA lists available alternatives — see the EMA record.	register ↗
🇫🇷 France	Shortage Biltricide 600 mg, comprimé pelliculé quadrisécable	—	—	Infectiologie	register ↗

Full report history (2 register entries)

Every individual register entry for Praziquantel in the tracked sources, newest first — including resolved and discontinued reports.

Reg.	Product	Status	Reported	Expected end	Stated reason
🇪🇺 EU	Biltricide (praziquantel)	Discontinued	2025-08-26	—	Trematode Infections
🇫🇷 FR	Biltricide 600 mg, comprimé pelliculé quadrisécable	Shortage	—	—	Infectiologie

Frequently asked

Is Praziquantel currently in shortage in Europe?

Yes. As of 7 August 2026, availability issues are reported in: France. Availability is national — a shortage in one country does not mean it is short everywhere.

Where does this Praziquantel availability data come from?

Directly from the official medicines-agency registers that list Praziquantel: EMA shortages catalogue (EU), ANSM (France). Every row on this page links to the underlying official record, and the dataset is refreshed from the primary sources every morning. Cross-language matching groups the same active substance across registers, so national spellings all resolve to this page.

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Cite: “Praziquantel: availability status across 2 European registers — European Medicine Shortage Tracker (MobiDoctor), 7 August 2026.” Link this page and the agency record. Statuses come from the linked official registers and can change daily.