Medicine shortages in Sweden 🇸🇪 — restnotering

Key facts

• As of 7 August 2026, 424 medicines have open availability reports in Sweden (1,063 product-level reports).
• 102 new reports were filed in August 2026.
• Longest-running open case: Litiumklorid, since 2020-05-28.
• Official source: Läkemedelsverket (Sweden), checked daily.

1,063 product-level reports are open, 102 of them newly filed in August 2026. The longest-running open case is Litiumklorid, reported on 2020-05-28 — about 75 months ago.

How to read this register: Läkemedelsverket logs every reported sales interruption (restnotering) at pack level, so Sweden's raw count runs higher than clinically-focused registers — compare Sweden with itself over time.

How medicine shortages are managed in Sweden

Companies must notify Läkemedelsverket of an expected sales interruption at least two months ahead where foreseeable; the register logs every pack-level restnotering, which is why Sweden's raw count runs far higher than clinically-curated lists — compare Sweden with itself over time, not with France.

At the counter, the utbyte system does the heavy lifting: pharmacies swap automatically within TLV's interchangeable-product groups, so a restnotering on one company's pack often never reaches the patient.

When no interchangeable product exists, prescribers can apply for a licens to dispense a foreign-authorised product, and Läkemedelsverket can grant dispens — for example allowing foreign-language packaging — to bridge a shortage.

Läkemedelsverket also publishes prognosis end dates per pack, which this tracker surfaces in the Expected end column.

What to do if your medicine is affected in Sweden

Swedish pharmacies can usually offer utbyte — substitution within the interchangeable-products group — so a restnotering on one pack often has a direct swap. Where no interchangeable product exists, your prescriber can pursue licens/dispens routes with Läkemedelsverket. Never stop a treatment on your own — confirm any switch with your pharmacist or prescriber.

Searched locally as: restnotering, restsituation, slut på apoteket.

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Frequently asked

How many medicines are currently in shortage in Sweden?

As of 7 August 2026, 424 medicines have open availability reports in Läkemedelsverket (Sweden), covering 1063 product-level entries. 102 new reports were filed in August 2026.

Where does Sweden publish its official shortage list?

Läkemedelsverket (Sweden) — this page aggregates it daily and links every entry back to the official record. Läkemedelsverket logs every reported sales interruption (restnotering) at pack level, so Sweden's raw count runs higher than clinically-focused registers — compare Sweden with itself over time.

My pack is restnoterad — will the apotek have an alternative?

Usually yes: if the pack sits in a TLV interchangeable group, the pharmacy swaps it on the spot under utbyte. If the whole substance is short, your prescriber can pursue a licens for a foreign-authorised equivalent — start with the pharmacy, which sees national availability in real time.

Why does Sweden report so many shortages?

Counting method more than crisis: Sweden logs every pack-size interruption from every company, including many with painless swaps. A small language market adds friction — Swedish-labelled packs are a small production run, so manufacturers deprioritise them when capacity is tight, which dispens (foreign packaging) exists to offset.

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