Infarmed updated the list of medicines whose export is temporarily suspended, which includes more than 80 medicines, including vaccines against tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis and polio and some types of bacteria that cause pneumonia.
The list published by the National Medicines and Health Products Authority, which includes 83 medicines, also includes medicines to treat the symptoms of parkinsonfor him Hyperactivity and attention deficit.for the treatment of cancer, hypertension and prevention of myocardial infarction.
This list of medicines whose export is temporarily suspended is defined each month and includes those broken drugs in the previous month whose impact was considered medium or high, as well as others that are being supplied under an Exceptional Use Authorization (AUE).
The ban aims to guarantee supply to the national market and applies to all participants in the circuit, including manufacturers.
Infarmed daily monitors information on shortages, interruptions and cessation of sales, to identify and avoid critical situations that may affect the availability of medicines.
The national medicines authority is part of the European network of contact points of the national competent authorities, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the European Commission, which, since April 2019, has been used to share information on breaks in supply and availability problems of authorized medications. in the European Union.
Source: Observadora
