Mounjaro, out of date meds being supplied throughout uk?

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Is this concerning?

Is this true?

Has anyone recently received their pens and were they o.o.d.

statement from Voy
Reply from Voy
18 hours ago (i.e.17/6/24)

Thank you for taking the time to share your experience and we're really sorry for any confusion about your medication and disruption this may have caused.

We've reached out to Trustpilot for your details so we can look into your specific medication and find a resolution for you.

If your medication is Mounjaro, Mounjaro has been undergoing stability testing after its launch, and the manufacturer, Eli Lilly, concluded that it is safe to extend the expiry date of both the 2.5mg and 5mg stock to October 2024. This means that for now, all Mounjaro 2.5mg and 5mg medication within the UK will show an expired date but is safe to take until October 2024.

The extension has then been approved by the MHRA, the main pharmaceutical regulatory body in the UK. You should have received a confirmation letter within your order but we're really sorry if that's not been the case.

We'd love the chance to speak to you about this and find a resolution, so we've reached out for your details and hope to speak with you soon.

Best,
Voy

This is all legit. The expiry date of certain batches has been extended.
I had one injection pen that had an affected batch number and it arrived with a printed slip explaining the change and the date it was safe to use until

Mine (from Bolt) have short/very tight dates, but as per Voy's statement above, the end date has been officially extended by 5+ months so I'm not worried.

End dates on medications usually have very generous safety margins anyway, so I doubt I'd be overly concerned about a medicine being a few weeks out of date before I use it up. UNLESS there are known, very specific dangers connected with that particular medicine when it deteriorates/breaks down due to being out of date. This isn't the case with GLP1 meds, as far as I know.

@beetr00
By coincidence this just came into my emails today

The statement came from Lilley to all suppliers, definately legit. It's discussed regularly on the various Facebook groups x

I received same out of date pen.
Whilst i appreciate Lily has tested this and said ok , the medical journal still states out of date pens are less effective and may have harmful side effects.
if Voy had said it was cheaper because out of date id have bought elsewhere
im very disappointed and will now buy elsewhere for next batch!

I think “out of date” in this context would mean past the date stated on the box/slip. If they have extended it from May to October for example, I would say it is truly out of date if you then decide to use it in December. It is medication we are talking about here. Manufacturers cannot change guidelines willy nilly unless thorough testing has been conducted.

It's fine.

I’m a nurse and that definitely isn’t a legit source of information, it’s not an academic medical journal and I’d rely more on the supplier update.

they absolutely can’t say that something can be used beyond expiry if it wasn’t tested and safe and medications usually have an expiry that’s a lot sooner than they actually do expire , if it’s being stored according to manafacturer instructions I wouldn’t worry genuinely as medications go through such thorough testing

Most of the suppliers have sent letters with the 2.5mg and 5mg pens that have redated expiry dates to bring them in line with the length of expiry dates now approved and being printed. ZAVA sent a letter with mine with the same information. They are absolutely ok, stable and safe to use.

The only issue you have is Voy forgot to put a letter in the box for your order to let you know. Harmless mistake.

It's interesting that they say Only these batches have been extended.

Surely if the 2.5mg has an extended expiry then the other doses should be extended too!

Also don't get why 7.5 and 10 expire April 25 yet the 12.5 And 15 expire earlier, but were only available later! Doesn't make sense! I'm sure soon enough everything will get extended due to having masses of stock left close to expiry!

They make the rules up as they go along!

My suspicion is that they got authorisation to extend the 2.5 dates due to shortages or potential shortages.
I wonder if the 7.5s and 10s are moving through faster so they have made more batches since the ones with the same expiry as 12.5 and 15? Possibly the high doses are moving through the system slower as not everybody gets up to those dizzy heights?
No knowledge at all just my musings...

Yep all ok. For 2.5 anyway

community pharmacy england team posted

this https://cpe.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Mounjaro®-2.5mg-KwikPen®_Patient-Letter-1_D712074.pdf

Loads of us got the May 24 2.5mg pens from many of the suppliers with the MHRA letter re extensions and they have worked as expected.

It is common in pharmaceuticals for ongoing stability studies which can show the drug can be safety used for longer than initially expected. Once these studies are completed they get approval to apply longer expiry dates.

Some earlier lowest dose pens were produced and entered the supply chain before the stability studies/approval were completed so had to be printed with earlier expiry dates. The studies then showed the expiry dates could be extended and this was communicated for the batches affected.

No conspiracy theories, nothing to do with shortages, they can't make up rules themselves for commercial reasons, it has to go through the FDA/MHRA for approval.