EMA also publishes information on critical shortages monitored at EU level by the Medicine Shortages Single Point of Contact (SPOC) Working Party.

EMA monitors critical medicine shortages that might lead to a crisis situation, and is involved in mitigating them, by working with the EU Member States and European Commission. For more information, see:

EMA's responsibilities in this area stem from Regulation on EMA’s Reinforced Role (Regulation (EU) 2022/123).

The Agency's shortages catalogue below contains information on supply shortages assessed by EMA. 

The minutes of the Medicine Shortages Single Point of Contact (SPOC) Working Party meetings are also available:

National competent authorities typically handle shortages of nationally authorised products, particularly if they do not affect other countries. For information on specific shortages, you can check the national registers of shortages 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 assessed by EMA under:

    National registers of shortages

    The table below contains 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 StateNational register
    Austrian flag

     Austria

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     Belgium

    Bulgarian flag

     Bulgaria

    • Veterinary medicines: no online register available
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     Croatia

    • Veterinary medicines: no online register available
    cyprus.gif

     Cyprus

    • No online registers available for human and veterinary medicines
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     Czechia

    • Veterinary medicines: no online register available
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     Denmark

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     Estonia

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     Finland

    • Human and veterinary medicines share the same online register: www.fimea.fi
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     France

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     Germany

    • Veterinary medicines: no online register available
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     Greece

    • Veterinary medicines: no online register available
    hungary.gif

     Hungary

    • Veterinary medicines: no online register available
    ireland.gif

     Ireland

    • Veterinary medicines: no online register available
    italy.gif

     Italy

    • Veterinary medicines: no online register available
    latvia.gif

     Latvia

    • Veterinary medicines: no online register available
    lithuania.gif

     Lithuania

    • Veterinary medicines: no online register available
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     Luxembourg

    • No online registers available for human and veterinary medicines
    malta.gif

     Malta

    • No online registers available for human and veterinary medicines
    netherlands.gif

     Netherlands

    • Veterinary medicines: no online register available
    poland.gif

     Poland

    • Human medicines: no online register available
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     Portugal

    • Veterinary medicines: no online register available
    romania.gif

     Romania

    • Veterinary medicines: no online register available
    slovakia.gif

     Slovakia

    • Veterinary medicines: no online register available
    slovenia.gif

     Slovenia

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     Spain

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     Sweden

    EEA Member State
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     Iceland

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     Liechtenstein

    • No online registers available for human and veterinary medicines
    norway.jpg

     Norway

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