Back on the market

Eye ointment supply crisis ends Supply of Zovirax Ophthalmic ointment is set to resume, the TGA has said in a new alert. Unused stock of Zovirax was recalled in October 2014 after metal particles were discovered in three separate lots of its active pharmaceutical ingredient, aciclovir, which was used in 11 batches of Zovirax Ophthalmic ointment.