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A problem for patients and health systems/ Medicine shortages in the EU at record levels

2025-09-17 18:23:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

A problem for patients and health systems/ Medicine shortages in the EU at

Medicine shortages across the EU have increased and reached record levels, according to a report by the Court of Auditors published on Wednesday.

The report said that the lack of a common framework to address shortcomings and compliance tools across the EU is worsening the situation.

"Medicine shortages are a persistent problem across the EU and this is still a chronic headache for the Union. But they have increased in frequency and severity, reaching record levels in 2023 and 2024," ECA's Klaus-Heiner Lehne told reporters during the presentation of the report.

He added that this poses a problem for patients, a challenge for health systems and a sign of the EU's strategic vulnerability in the supply of medicines.

In March of this year, 34 medicines were missing, of which 16 were included in the European Commission's list of essential medicines.

These shortages included drugs as essential as thrombolytics (used to treat patients with heart attacks or strokes), amoxicillin, and cyanide poisoning antidotes, among others. /CNA





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