National registers of shortages

European Medicines Agency (EMA) publishes information on specific medicine shortages that affect or are likely to affect more than one European Union (EU) Member State. The Agency does so for countries where it has assessed the shortage and provided recommendations to patients and healthcare professionals across the EU. It also provides a list of national registers in the EU and European Economic Area (EEA) Member States containing information on human and veterinary medicines shortages in these individual countries.

Medicine shortages during COVID-19 pandemic

EMA and its partners in the European Medicines Regulatory Network are putting measures in place to help prevent and mitigate possible disruptions to the supply of human medicines in the European Union (EU) during the COVID-19 pandemic.

EMA is acting as central coordinator in supporting Member States' activities in this area during the pandemic. Potential medicines shortages due to the COVID-19 pandemic are included in EMA's shortages catalogue only if EMA has assessed the shortage and provided recommendations.

For more information on how EMA is mitigating the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the supply of medicines in the EU, see Availability of medicines during COVID-19 pandemic.

Most medicine shortages are dealt with at national level so if you cannot find information on the EMA website or would like further details, please check the relevant national register listed below or visit the website of your national competent authority. If you are having difficulty obtaining a medicine that has been prescribed to you, talk to your doctor or pharmacist.

EMA shortages catalogue

You can find information on ongoing and resolved shortages of human medicines that EMA has assessed at:

You can download this information in Excel table format at:

National registers of shortages (updated)

Find below a list of the national registers of shortages for human and veterinary medicines.

Please note that the information in these national registers may not be available in English.

EU Member StateMedicine register

Austrian flag Austria

Belgian flag Belgium

Bulgarian flag Bulgaria
  • Veterinary medicines: no online register available
Croatian flag Croatia
  • Veterinary medicines: no online register available
Cyprus flag Cyprus
  • No online registers available for human and veterinary medicines
Czechia flag Czechia
  • Veterinary medicines: no online register available
Danish flag Denmark
Estonian flag Estonia
Finnish flag Finland
  • Human and veterinary medicines share the same online register: www.fimea.fi
French flag France
German flag Germany
  • Veterinary medicines: no online register available
Greek flag Greece
  • Veterinary medicines: no online register available
Hungarian flag Hungary
  • Veterinary medicines: no online register available
Irish flag Ireland
  • Veterinary medicines: no online register available
italian flag Italy
  • Veterinary medicines: no online register available
Latvian flag Latvia
  • Veterinary medicines: no online register available
Lithuanian flag Lithuania
  • Veterinary medicines: no online register available
Luxembourg flag Luxembourg
  • No online registers available for human and veterinary medicines
Maltese flag Malta
  • No online registers available for human and veterinary medicines
Netherlands flag Netherlands
  • Veterinary medicines: no online register available
Polish flag Poland
  • Human medicines: no online register available
Portugese flag Portugal
  • Veterinary medicines: no online register available
Romanian flag Romania
  • Veterinary medicines: no online register available
Slovakkian flag Slovakia
  • Veterinary medicines: no online register available
Slovenian flag Slovenia
Spanish flag Spain
Swedish flag Sweden
EEA Member State
Iceland flag Iceland
Liechtenstein flag Liechtenstein
  • No online registers available for human and veterinary medicines
Norway flag Norway

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