Public information on medicine shortages

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) publishes information on medicine shortages that affect or are likely to affect more than one European Union (EU) country, where it has assessed the shortage and provided recommendations to patients and healthcare professionals. In addition, EMA also publishes information on critical shortages that are 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:

    You can download this information in Excel table format at:

    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

    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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