Date
- Friday, 9 October 2015, All day
Location
- European Medicines Agency, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
In October 2013, a workshop held at the European Medicines Agency (EMA) led to the formation of an inter-industry association taskforce to propose possible solutions to the root causes of shortages due to manufacturing and quality problems. EMA is hosting a follow-up workshop on 9 October 2015 to discuss the solutions proposed by industry associations. Registration by invitation only. A live broadcast of the workshop will be available.
Documents
Agenda - Stakeholder meeting on Product Shortages due to manufacturing and quality problems: developing a proactive approach to prevention
English (EN) (93.68 KB - PDF)
Meeting report - Developing a proactive approach to the prevention of medicines shortages due to manufacturing and quality problems
Shortages of medicines have been a global problem for the past decade and have also increasingly affected the European Union (EU) with significant impact on patient care.
English (EN) (393.34 KB - PDF)
Presentation - 2015 shortages workshop (Brendan Cuddy)
English (EN) (204.11 KB - PDF)
Presentation - European Medicines Agency initiatives on product shortages due to manufacturing/GMP issues (Brendan Cuddy)
English (EN) (204.52 KB - PDF)
Presentation - Medicinal product shortages: GMP update and ICH Q12 (David Cockburn)
English (EN) (113.09 KB - PDF)
Presentation - Shortages survey 2015 (Maria-Jesus Alcaraz)
English (EN) (922.21 KB - PDF)
Presentation - Inter-association task force: prevention of drug shortages based on quality and manufacturing issues
Stakeholder meeting on Product Shortages due to manufacturing and quality problems: developing a proactive approach to prevention
English (EN) (4.5 MB - PDF)
Presentation - Medicines shortages issues and recent actions: Eurordis perspective (Franà§ois Houà¿ez)
English (EN) (848.34 KB - PDF)
Presentation - Pharmaceutical Group of European Union (Jamie Wilkinson)
English (EN) (1.63 MB - PDF)
Presentation - European Medicines Agency shortages workshop: the European Association of hospitals pharmacists perspective
English (EN) (1.53 MB - PDF)
Presentation - ESMO study of formulary listing, out of pocket cost and actual availability of anti neoplastic agents in Europe: preliminary findings (Nathan I Cherny)
English (EN) (1.25 MB - PDF)
Presentation - Drug shortages project of law in France (Dominique Debourges)
Stakeholder meeting on Product Shortages due to manufacturing and quality problems: developing a proactive approach to prevention
English (EN) (345.59 KB - PDF)
Presentation - Management of medicines shortages in Ireland (John Lynch)
English (EN) (183.25 KB - PDF)
Live broadcast
- 9 October 2015
11:00 - 13:00 UK time

To watch the broadcast click on 'Multimedia' tab.
Video recording
A video recording will be made available after the event.
To view use the 'Multimedia' tab.