27 October 2025
Wockhardt has recently announced the discontinuation of Hypurin® Porcine Vials. As a result, all patients currently using vials will need to have their insulin prescriptions changed.
- The discontinuation of Hypurin® vials does not affect the supply of Hypurin® Porcine Cartridges.
- To support continued use of Hypurin, Wockhardt now offers a compatible, reusable insulin pen the mypen®2.
- The mypen®2 Is now available on NHS prescription
Click here for more details about the discontinuation and the mypen®2
Are you having difficulty obtaining the new mypen2? Read more…
We are aware that some people are having difficulty obtaining the mypen 2 to use their Hypurin porcine insulin cartridges, often because they are told by their GP surgery or pharmacy that it is not available. This is NOT the case and the advice from a pharmacist who has managed to obtain the new pen for her patient is as follows.
EMIS is the computer system used by many GP practices in England and they have added the MyPen2 to their system but it will not start to appear until the next update which will take a while to come through. In the meantime, if people are faced with difficulty, the advice is that they should ask their GP to do a handwritten prescription for the myPen2 rather than a computer generated one. This should then be taken to a pharmacy. The pharmacy can then obtain the pen from AAH Pharmaceuticals or Alliance Healthcare.
