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27 October 2025

Important Update on Hypurin® Porcine Insulin Vials and mypen®2 Insulin Delivery Pen

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

Details of the mypen®2 can be found on our website and below:

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.

Product Mypen®2
Product Code FP4578
PIP Code 435-4916
GTIN 5012727-916118
mypen2

The MHRA have fast tracked the approval for the use of mypen®2 in the UK through derogation to support urgent patient need: www.gov.uk/government/publications/medical-devices-given-exceptional-use-authorisations/list-of-medical-devices-given-exceptional-use-authorisations

Wockhardt have also submitted the CE mark application which we expect to be completed by early 2026.

Patients currently using the Autopen® Classic insulin pen do not need to change their devices immediately. The Autopen Classic can be used for up to two years, as specified in the instruction leaflet. [1]

For any medical enquires on Hypurin® Porcine Insulin please call +44 1978 669260 or email [email protected]

For any general enquires on mypen®2 availability please call +44 1978 661261 or email [email protected]

Yours Sincerely

Lisa Thornton
Head of Secondary Care

1. Autopen Classic Instructions for Use. Owen Mumford www.owenmumford.com

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