Track reported medicine supply shortages across Germany, updated daily, with EU-wide search for deliverable alternatives.







Key BenefitsWelcome to a comprehensive database of reported medicine supply shortages in Germany. Developed together with our customers, the platform gives you a reliable and easy way to research supply shortage information quickly and efficiently.
The reported shortage data is based on notifications collected by the German Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM) and is refreshed daily, so you always work with the latest status.
Search precisely for the information you need, from single products to full medicine lists.
Keep up with the latest changes without checking manually.
Shortages are marked visually so you can act before availability is affected.
Turn shortage insight into action by exporting data and locating substitutes.
Medicine supply shortages have become a persistent challenge for pharmaceutical supply in Germany and across the EU. Reliable, timely information is essential for manufacturers, wholesalers, hospital pharmacies and health insurers to plan around gaps in availability.
The reported shortages are based on notifications collected by the German Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM) in Bonn, Germany, and are refreshed daily.
When a product is affected, the database helps you move quickly from recognising the shortage to finding a deliverable substitute, including alternatives elsewhere in the EU. For example, a product available as "Aspirin i.V." can be located in the Czech Republic as "Kyselina Acetylsalicylova Panpharma".
It is a database of reported medicine supply shortages in Germany, based on BfArM notifications and updated daily, with tools to search, filter and export the data and to find deliverable alternatives.
Yes. You can identify deliverable substitute products and, if there is no alternative in Germany, search the EU database by active ingredient and route of administration.
The reported shortage data is based on notifications collected by the German Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM) in Bonn, Germany.
Yes. By activating your own PZN house list you see only the shortages that affect the products you handle.
The shortage data is updated daily, with time stamps showing when each entry last changed.
Yes. Results can be exported to Excel or tab-separated text files for local processing.