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1. Without prejudice to paragraph 2, the MSSG shall establish a list with the main therapeutic groups of medicinal products that are necessary for emergency care, surgery and intensive care, in order to inform the preparation of the critical medicines lists as referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 to be used to respond to a public health emergency or major event. The list shall be established by 2 August 2022 and updated annually and whenever necessary.

2. Immediately following the recognition of a major event in accordance with Article 4(3) of this Regulation, the MSSG shall consult the working party referred to in Article 3(6) of this Regulation. Immediately following that consultation, the MSSG shall adopt a list of medicinal products authorised in accordance with Directive 2001/83/EC or Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 which it considers to be critical during the major event (the ‘major event critical medicines list’).

The MSSG shall update the major event critical medicines list whenever necessary until the major event has been sufficiently addressed and it has been confirmed that the assistance of the MSSG is no longer needed pursuant to Article 4(4) of this Regulation.

3. Immediately following the recognition of a public health emergency, the MSSG shall consult the working party referred to in Article 3(6) of this Regulation. Immediately following that consultation, the MSSG shall adopt a list of medicinal products authorised in accordance with Directive 2001/83/EC or Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 which it considers to be critical during the public health emergency (the ‘public health emergency critical medicines list’). The MSSG shall update the public health emergency critical medicines list whenever necessary until the termination of the recognition of the public health emergency. The public health emergency critical medicines list may be updated to take into account the results of the review process under Article 18 of this Regulation, where appropriate. In such cases, the MSSG shall liaise with the Emergency Task Force referred to in Article 15 of this Regulation (‘ETF’).

4. For the purposes of Article 9(2), the MSSG shall adopt and make publicly available the set of information referred to in Article 9(2), points (c) and (d), that is necessary to monitor the supply of and demand for medicinal products included on the lists referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article (the ‘critical medicines lists’) and shall inform the working party referred to in Article 3(6) of that set of information.

5. Following the adoption of critical medicines lists in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 3, the Agency shall immediately publish those lists and any updates to those lists on its web portal as referred to in Article 26 of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004.

6. The Agency shall establish within its web portal a publicly accessible webpage that provides information on actual shortages of medicinal products included in the critical medicines lists in cases in which the Agency has assessed the shortage and has provided recommendations to healthcare professionals and patients. The webpage shall provide at least the following information:

(a) the name and common name of the medicinal product on the critical medicines lists;

(b) the therapeutic indications for the medicinal product on the critical medicines lists;

(c) the reason for the shortage of the medicinal product on the critical medicines lists;

(d) the start and end dates of the shortage of the medicinal product on the critical medicines lists;

(e) the Member States affected by the shortage of the medicinal product on the critical medicines lists;

(f) other relevant information for healthcare professionals and patients, including information on whether alternative medicinal products are available. The webpage referred to in the first subparagraph shall also provide references to national registries on shortages of medicinal products.