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New medicine shortages in Europe — October 2026

Archived report, shown as first published. At that time the tracker followed every medicine in the registers; since 13 November 2026 it follows the everyday medicines of general practice and the medicines its readers look up most.

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MEDICALLY REVIEWED
Dr. Chrysoula I. Liakou MD, PhD
Internal Medicine Specialist
Cancer Immunology Researcher
Reviewed 30 July 2026 · next review due 30 January 2027

Auto-generated from 10 official medicines-agency registers · 592 new shortage reports were opened in October 2026, against 6,404 reports active in total across 1,852 medicines.

🇮🇹 178 🇪🇸 139 🇦🇹 122 🇮🇪 88 🇩🇪 29 🇫🇷 25 🇸🇪 10 🇬🇷 1

Medicines with the most new reports in October 2026

MedicineATCNew reportsWhere
QuetiapineN05AH0410🇪🇸 🇮🇪 🇮🇹
OlanzapineN05AH037🇦🇹 🇩🇪 🇮🇹
EscitalopramN06AB107🇦🇹 🇪🇸 🇮🇪
TadalafilG04BE086🇦🇹 🇮🇹
EtoricoxibM01AH056🇪🇸 🇮🇪 🇮🇹
LenalidomideL04AX045🇮🇪 🇮🇹
LevetiracetamN03AX145🇦🇹 🇪🇸 🇮🇹
SertralineN06AB065🇦🇹 🇩🇪 🇮🇪 🇮🇹
SimvastatinC10AA015🇦🇹 🇮🇪 🇮🇹
FluconazoleJ02AC015🇦🇹 🇮🇪 🇮🇹
RamiprilC09AA055🇦🇹 🇪🇸 🇮🇪 🇮🇹
Duloxetine hydrochlorideN06AX214🇦🇹 🇪🇸
AripiprazoleN05AX124🇦🇹
IvabradineC01EB174🇮🇹
AmlodipineC08CA014🇦🇹 🇪🇸 🇮🇹 🇸🇪

Longest-running active shortages in Europe

Open reports with the earliest start dates still unresolved.

MedicineWhereSinceDurationStatus
Ampicillina sodica🇮🇹2016-02-24128 monthsShortage
Surmontil🇪🇸2016-05-05125 monthsShortage
Azactam🇪🇸2016-06-19124 monthsShortage
Largactil🇪🇸2016-08-04122 monthsShortage
Promethazinhydrochlorid🇮🇹2017-06-19112 monthsShortage
Mifepristone🇮🇹2017-07-03111 monthsShortage
Vaccino epatitico b🇮🇹2017-07-11111 monthsShortage
Timololo🇦🇹2017-10-12108 monthsShortage
Vaccino morbillo/parotite/rosolia🇮🇹2017-10-19108 monthsShortage
Vaccino epatite b da dna ricombinante🇮🇹2017-11-22107 monthsShortage
Method & citation: counts are new register entries by report start date, aggregated and de-duplicated across the EMA catalogue and national registers of Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Ireland, Sweden, Austria, Greece and the United Kingdom. Cite as “European Medicine Shortage Tracker (Mobi Doctor), October 2026 report” and link this page. Journalists: every number traces to a linked official register entry.