Europe
The European Union taskforce has published two documents:
1) guidance for marketing authorisation holders on reporting of shortages in the EU. The document provides guidance to the pharmaceutical industry to facilitate the detection and early notification to competent authorities. A proposed template for shortage notification by companies is included in the guidance. The guidance and template will be implemented in a pilot phase, which is currently planned to start in the last quarter of 2019.
2) good practice guidance for communication to the public on medicines’ availability issues. The document, addressed to EU national competent authorities and EMA, lays out principles and examples of good practices for communication on shortages to the public, including patients and healthcare professionals.
More information on the website of EMA.