Shortages for human medicinal products
Tasks
The Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM) provides an overview of current supply shortages for human medicinal products (excluding vaccines) in Germany. The notifications are submitted by the pharmaceutical companies and are based on the voluntary commitment to report shortages of supply-relevant medicinal products declared within the “Pharmaceutical Dialogue of the Federal Government”.
Shortages in focus
The BfArM provides additional information on specific shortages that are of particular public interest. Those information includes recommondations of the Advisory Council on shortages as well as predictions on re-availability.
Latest News
News on shortages can also be received via RSS Feed. Please take into account that information is provided in German language only
Shortage databases
Information on shortages of medicines for human use (vaccines are excludeds) in Germany can be obtained via the shortage database provided by the BfArM
Information on shortages of vaccines for human use in Germany can be obtained via the shortage database provided by the Paul Ehrlich Institute
Supply Shortages of Human Vaccines
The European medicines agency (EMA) publishes a list of shortages which are considered to affect more than one memberstate of the European Union (EU)
Reporting shortages
Advisory Council for Delivery and Supply Shortages
National and European initiatives
The BfArM participates in several initiatives on national and on European level to continuously optimize the supply with medicinal products and to enhance the informal exchange between the involved stake holders.