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Meropenem

Sold as Meronem, Ap meropenem, Meroject, Aspen meropenem, Merospira, Ran-meropenem, Mercide, Adco-meropenem iv, Covan-meropenem iv, Meropenem restan iv, Mertic, Meropenem sandoz, Meropenem safeline, Meropenem teva, Mercarb, Meronact iv, Merobax, Merozin, Meropenem austell registration, Meropenem austell

S4
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C17H25N3O5S383.50 g/mol

(4R,5S,6S)-3-[(3S,5S)-5-(Dimethylcarbamoyl)pyrrolidin-3-yl]sulfanyl-6-[(1R)-1-hydroxyethyl]-4-methyl-7-oxo-1-azabicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-ene-2-carboxylic acid

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Registration

Applicants
12
Registrations
35
Schedule source
Consolidated Schedules 06 July 2026

Applicants and registrations

ApplicantBrandsDosagesRegistrationsScheduleLeaflets
Pfizer Laboratories (Pty) LtdMeronem, Merospira500 mg, 1000290340, 290341, 430629S4None
Pharmacare limited û woodmeadAp meropenem1 g420176S4None
Pharma Dynamics (Pty) LtdMeroject1 g, 500 mg420280, 420281S4None
Acino Pharma (Pty) LtdAspen meropenem1 g, 500 mg420697, 420698S4None
Ranbaxy (SA) (Pty) Ltd2 of 4 cancelledRan-meropenem, Mercide1 g, 500430767, 430768, 430769, 430770S4None
Adcock Ingram Critical Care (Pty) Ltd4 of 6 cancelledAdco-meropenem iv, Covan-meropenem iv, Meropenem restan iv000 mg 1, 500 mg440206, 440207, 440301, 440302, 440303, 440304S4None
Sandoz South Africa (Pty) LtdCancelledMertic, Meropenem sandoz1 g, 500 mg450417, 450418, 450419, 450420S4None
Safeline Pharmaceuticals (Pty) LtdCancelledMeropenem safeline1g, 500 mg460508, 460509S4None
Teva Pharmaceuticals (Pty) LtdCancelledMeropenem teva1 g, 500 mg470177, 470178S4None
Austell Pharmaceuticals (Pty) LtdMercarb, Meropenem austell registration, Meropenem austell000 mg 1, 500, 500 mg 2, 1000500178, 500179, 580258, 580259S4None
Activo Health (Pty) LtdMeronact iv1 000560982S4None
Abex Pharmaceutica (Pty) LtdMerobax, Merozin500, 1000570512, 570513, 570514.512, 570515.513S4PIPIL

Variants

ProductStrength and formRegistrationStatusScheduleLeaflets
Meronem 500

EACH VIAL CONTAINS MEROPENEM TRIHYDRATE EQUIVALENT TO MEROPENEM ANHYDROUS 500 mg

50029034029/20.1.1/0340RegisteredS4None
Meronem 1000

EACH VIAL CONTAINS MEROPENEM TRIHYDRATE EQUIVALENT TO MEROPENEM ANHYDROUS 1000 mg

100029034129/20.1.1/0341RegisteredS4None
Ap meropenem 1 g

EACH VIAL CONTAINS MEROPENEM TRIHYDRATE EQUIVALENT TO MEROPENEM 1000,0 mg

1 g42017642/20.1.1/0176RegisteredS4None
Meroject 500 MG

EACH VIAL CONTAINS MEROPENEM TRIHYDRATE EQUIVALENT TO MEROPENEM 500,0 mg

500 mg42028042/20.1.1/0280RegisteredS4None
Meroject 1 g

EACH VIAL CONTAINS MEROPENEM TRIHYDRATE EQUIVALENT TO MEROPENEM 1,0 g

1 g42028142/20.1.1/0281RegisteredS4None
Aspen meropenem 500 MG

EACH VIAL CONTAINS MEROPENEM TRIHYDRATE EQUIVALENT TO MEROPENEM 500,0 mg

500 mg42069742/20.1.1/0697RegisteredS4None
Aspen meropenem 1 g

EACH VIAL CONTAINS MEROPENEM TRIHYDRATE EQUIVALENT TO MEROPENEM 1,0 g

1 g42069842/20.1.1/0698RegisteredS4None
Merospira 500 MG

EACH VIAL CONTAINS MEROPENEM TRIHYDRATE EQUIVALENT TO MEROPENEM 500,0 mg

500 mg43062943/20.1.1/0629RegisteredS4None
Ran-meropenem 500

EACH VIAL CONTAINS MEROPENEM 500,0 mg

50043076743/20.1.1/0767CancelledS4None
Ran-meropenem 1 g

EACH VIAL CONTAINS MEROPENEM 1,0 g

1 g43076843/20.1.1/0768CancelledS4None
Mercide 500

EACH VIAL CONTAINS MEROPENEM 500,0 mg

50043076943/20.1.1/0769RegisteredS4None
Mercide 1 g

EACH VIAL CONTAINS MEROPENEM 1000,0 mg

1 g43077043/20.1.1/0770RegisteredS4None
Adco-meropenem 500 MG iv

EACH VIAL CONTAINS: MEROPENEM TRIHYDRATE EQUIVALENT TO MEROPENEM 500,0 mg

500 mg44020644/20.1.1/0206RegisteredS4None
Covan-meropenem 500 MG iv

EACH VIAL CONTAINS MEROPENEM TRIHYDRATE EQUIVALENT TO MEROPENEM 500,0 mg

500 mg44020744/20.1.1/0207CancelledS4None
Meropenem restan 500 MG iv

EACH VIAL CONTAINS MEROPENEM TRIHYDRATE EQUIVALENT TO MEROPENEM 500,0 mg

500 mg44030144/20.1.1/0301CancelledS4None
Meropenem restan 1 000 MG iv

EACH VIAL CONTAINS MEROPENEM TRIHYDRATE EQUIVALENT TO MEROPENEM 1 000,0 mg

000 mg 144030244/20.1.1/0302CancelledS4None
Adco-meropenem 1 000 MG iv

EACH VIAL CONTAINS :MEROPENEM TRIHYDRATE EQUIVALENT TO MEROPENEM 1 000,0 mg

000 mg 144030344/20.1.1/0303RegisteredS4None
Covan-meropenem 1 000 MG iv

EACH VIAL CONTAINS MEROPENEM TRIHYDRATE EQUIVALENT TO MEROPENEM 1 000,0 mg

000 mg 144030444/20.1.1/0304CancelledS4None
Mertic 500 MG

EACH VIAL CONTAINS MEROPENEM TRIHYDRATE EQUIVALENT TO MEROPENEM 500,0 mg

500 mg45041745/20.1.1/0417CancelledS4None
Mertic 1 g

EACH VIAL CONTAINS MEROPENEM TRIHYDRATE EQUIVALENT TO MEROPENEM 1,0 g

1 g45041845/20.1.1/0418CancelledS4None
Meropenem sandoz 500 MG

EACH VIAL CONTAINS MEROPENEM TRIHYDRATE EQUIVALENT TO MEROPENEM 500,0 mg

500 mg45041945/20.1.1/0419CancelledS4None
Meropenem sandoz 1 g

EACH VIAL CONTAINS MEROPENEM TRIHYDRATE EQUIVALENT TO MEROPENEM 1,0 g

1 g45042045/20.1.1/0420CancelledS4None
Meropenem safeline 500 MG

EACH VIAL CONTAINS MEROPENEM TRIHYDRATE EQUIVALENT TO MEROPENEM ANHYDROUS 500,0 mg

500 mg46050846/20.1.1/0508CancelledS4None
Meropenem safeline 1g

EACH VIAL CONTAINS MEROPENEM TRIHYDRATE: EQUIVALENT TO MEROPENEM ANHYDROUS 1,0 g

1g46050946/20.1.1/0509CancelledS4None
Meropenem 500 MG teva

EACH VIAL CONTAINS :MEROPENEM TRIHYDRATE EQUIVALENT TO MEROPENEM 500,0 mg

500 mg47017747/20.1.1/0177CancelledS4None
Meropenem 1 g teva

EACH VIAL CONTAINS :MEROPENEM TRIHYDRATE EQUIVALENT TO MEROPENEM 1 000,0 mg

1 g47017847/20.1.1/0178CancelledS4None
Mercarb 500

EACH VIAL CONTAINS: MEROPENEM TRIHYDRATE EQUIVALENT TO MEROPENEM ANHYDROUS 500,0 mg

50050017850/20.1.1/0178RegisteredS4None
Mercarb 1000

EACH VIAL CONTAINS: MEROPENEM TRIHYDRATE EQUIVALENT TO MEROPENEM ANHYDROUS 1000,0 mg

100050017950/20.1.1/0179RegisteredS4None
Meronact iv 1 000

EACH VIAL CONTAINS MEROPENEM TRIHYDRATE EQUIVALENT TO ANHYDROUS MEROPENEM 1 000,0 mg

1 00056098256/20.1.1/0982RegisteredS4None
Merobax 500

Each Vial contains: Meropenem Trihydrate equivalent to Meropenem 500,0 mg

500Powder for solution for injection or infusion57051257/20.1.1/0512Approved 5 August 2025RegisteredS4PIPIL
Merobax 1000

Each Vial contains: Meropenem Trihydrate equivalent to Meropenem 1000,0 mg

1000Powder for solution for injection or infusion57051357/20.1.1/0513Approved 5 August 2025RegisteredS4PIPIL
Merozin 500

Each Vial contains: Meropenem Trihydrate equivalent to Meropenem 500,0 mg

500Powder for solution for injection or infusion570514.51257/20.1.1/0514.512Approved 28 August 2025RegisteredS4PIPIL
Merozin 1000

Each Vial contains: Meropenem Trihydrate equivalent to Meropenem 1000,0 mg

1000Powder for solution for injection or infusion570515.51357/20.1.1/0515.513Approved 28 August 2025RegisteredS4PIPIL
Meropenem 500 MG austell 2. Registration

EACH VIAL CONTAINS: MEROPENEM TRIHYDRATE EQUIVALENT TO: MEROPENEM ANHYDROUS 500,0 mg

500 mg 2.58025858/20.1.1/0258RegisteredS4None
Meropenem 1 000 MG austell

EACH VIAL CONTAINS: MEROPENEM TRIHYDRATE EQUIVALENT TO: MEROPENEM ANHYDROUS 1 000,0 mg

000 mg 158025958/20.1.1/0259RegisteredS4None

Regulatory status

Where S4 sits on the scale

Prescription-only medicine.

Schedule 4 covers most ordinary prescription medicines. You need a prescription from an authorised prescriber, such as a doctor or dentist, and a pharmacist dispenses it. Its price, name, pack size and strength can still be told to the public, as long as nothing links it to what it treats.

Schedule S4, matched to the Consolidated Schedules by ingredient, confidence high.

Who may supply: A pharmacist dispensing against a written or verbal prescription from an authorised prescriber; a veterinarian, who may also prescribe, compound or dispense it directly; a medical practitioner or dentist, who may prescribe it and may compound or dispense it directly only if licensed under section 22C(1)(a); manufacturers and wholesalers may supply people who may lawfully possess it; and, for animal treatment, a person practising a para-veterinary profession, on a veterinarian's written or verbal instruction.

Consolidated Schedules listings for Meropenem trihydrate equivalent to meropenem anhydrous

  • S4: Meropenem

    Consolidated Schedules 06 July 2026, line 7068

Pharmacological class: Broad and medium spectrum antibiotics. (class 20.1.1)

This is an informational summary of the Medicines and Related Substances Act 101 of 1965 and its 2017 General Regulations. It is not medical advice and not legal advice. Always check the medicine's label, which carries the schedule number inside a square border, or ask a pharmacist if you are unsure.

SAHPRA documents

Schedule verified from official documents

Schedule Verification

Merobax 500, Abex Pharmaceutica (Pty) Ltd is scheduled S4 in its official SAHPRA documents, read with 90% confidence.

These documents are provided by SAHPRA for informational purposes. Always consult with a healthcare professional for medical advice.

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