Countries who reported medicine shortages by therapy area Europe 2022

According to a survey conducted in late 2022, around 85 percent of European countries who reported experiencing medicine shortages in their countries during the last 12 months reported cardiovascular medication shortages. This statistic illustrates the percentage of European countries who reported medicine shortages as of 2022, by therapy area.

Percentage of European countries who reported medicine shortages as of 2022, by therapy area

Characteristic	Percentage of respondent countries
Cardiovascular medications	82.8%
Nervous system	79.3%
Antiinfectives for systematic use (e.g. antibiotics)	79.3%
Respiratory system	75.9%
Antineoplastic and immunomodulatings agents	69%
Musculo-skeletal system	65.5%
Systemic hormonal preparations	65.5%
Dermatologicals	65.5%
Blood and blood forming organs	65.5%
Gastro-intestinal medications	65.5%
Various	62.1%
Genito-urinary system and sex hormones	62.1%
Vaccines	55.2%
Sensory organs	55.2%
Antiparasitic products, insecticides and repellents	48.3%

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Release date

2023

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Region

Europe

Survey time period

November 14 to December 31, 2022

Number of respondents

29 PGEU member countries

Supplementary notes

Original question: "In the last 12 months, have you experienced medicine shortages in your country? If yes, which medicines have been in short supply? Tick all that apply."
PGEU member countries who participated in the survey include Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Luxembourg, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey.
Medicine shortage was defined as every (temporary) inability for a community or hospital pharmacy to supply patients with the medicinal product requested as a result of factors beyond their control, requiring the dispensing of an alternative agent or even discontinuation of an ongoing medical therapy.

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