EU Bodies Agree On New Drug Shortage Monitoring Platform
Lists Of ‘Critical’ Drugs To Be Drawn Up
Executive Summary
Two EU institutions have reached a deal on legislation that will give the EMA a key tool for monitoring medicines supply and preventing shortages in the event of a major public health crisis such as a future pandemic.
You may also be interested in...
European Parliament Signs Off Regulation To Tackle Medicine Shortages
The legislation will establish a new EU platform for monitoring and reporting medicines shortages.
EMA Head Calls For New Global Workshop On Variant Vaccines
Five vaccines and six therapeutics are now available for use against COVID-19 in the EU, but as Omicron shows, there is likely to be a need for new kinds of vaccines against future virus variants.
EU Steps Up Drive To Tackle Future Health Crises
A new regulation just OKd by health ministers is another building block in the proposed “European Health Union.”