Internal Medicine Specialist Cancer Immunology Researcher
Reviewed 30 July 2026 · next review due 30 January 2027
148 medicines currently affected according to
ANSM (France) · updated 21 September 2026
Limited availability 135Shortage 43
Key facts
As of 21 September 2026, 148 medicines have open availability reports in France (178 product-level reports).
0 new reports were filed in September 2026.
Most common stated cause: active-ingredient (API) supply issues (24 reports).
Official source: ANSM (France), checked daily.
178 product-level reports are open,
0 of them newly filed in September 2026. Where the register states a cause, the leading ones are active-ingredient (API) supply issues (24) out of 24 reports with a stated cause.
How to read this register: ANSM tracks ruptures de stock and tensions d'approvisionnement for medicines of major therapeutic interest — a curated, clinically-weighted list rather than every pack.
How medicine shortages are managed in France
France concentrates its rules on MITM — médicaments d'intérêt thérapeutique majeur, medicines whose interruption would endanger patients or that lack real alternatives. That is why the ANSM list is short and clinically weighted rather than exhaustive.
Companies must hold safety stock for every MITM sold in France — at least two months' cover, which ANSM can raise to four months for products with repeated shortages — and must maintain shortage-management plans.
Anticipated ruptures must be declared to ANSM in advance, and ANSM has imposed financial sanctions on companies that failed to meet their supply obligations.
On the ground, pharmacies feed the DP-Ruptures reporting network, and for listed ruptures ANSM issues case-by-case dispensing recommendations that can authorise substitution, unit dispensing or reservation for priority patients.
What to do if your medicine is affected in France
ANSM publishes case-by-case recommendations for medicines of major therapeutic interest — the register link on each row leads to them. Pharmacies follow ANSM guidance during ruptures, including substitution where permitted; your pharmacien can check the DP-Ruptures status and equivalents. Never stop a treatment on your own — confirm any switch with your pharmacist or prescriber.
Searched locally as: rupture de stock, tension d'approvisionnement, médicament indisponible.
Every row links to the medicine's Europe-wide page; statuses come from the
official register linked above and can change daily. Not medical advice.
Frequently asked
How many medicines are currently in shortage in France?
As of 21 September 2026, 148 medicines have open availability reports in ANSM (France), covering 178 product-level entries. 0 new reports were filed in September 2026.
Where does France publish its official shortage list?
ANSM (France) — this page aggregates it daily and links every entry back to the official record. ANSM tracks ruptures de stock and tensions d'approvisionnement for medicines of major therapeutic interest — a curated, clinically-weighted list rather than every pack.
Can a French pharmacist substitute my medicine during a rupture de stock?
For medicines under an ANSM recommendation, yes — the recommendation defines exactly what pharmacists may dispense instead, sometimes without a new prescription. Outside those cases, normal generic-substitution rules apply; your pharmacien checks DP-Ruptures and the ANSM entry linked from each row here.
Why does France run out of medicines despite mandatory safety stocks?
The two- to four-month MITM stock buys time but does not create manufacturing capacity: most stated causes in the register are production incidents and global demand surges upstream of France. The list you see here is also deliberately selective — ANSM tracks the clinically-critical cases, so each entry tends to be serious.
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