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Dear Doctor Letter (Rote-Hand-Brief) on Pedea® (ibuprofen as solution for injection): Shortage

Active substance: ibuprofen

A temporary shortage in the supply of the medicinal product Pedea® for treatment of a haemodynamically significant patent ductus arteriosus Botalli in preterm newborn infants less than 34 weeks of gestational age has arisen due to the development of visible particles in the ampoules.

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