2024 has heralded a flurry of additions to the Interchangeable List marking the busiest year of additions since the first year of enactment of the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act.

In line with our commitment to ensure licensed versions of older medicines remain available for Irish patients, Azure Pharmaceuticals is pleased to the launch the next medicine in our expanding portfolio, Propranolol.Read More »Product launch: Propranolol

2024 has heralded a flurry of additions to the Interchangeable List marking the busiest year of additions since the first year of enactment of the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act.

Medicines out-of-stock have more than doubled in just 12 months. Two thirds of the entire population have been impacted by medicine shortages.

Medicine Shortages Index hits new record high of 289, up 50% in just six months 60% of Ireland’s population has been impacted by medicine shortages in the last year, with almost half of the country’s… Read More »60% of people in Ireland impacted by medicine shortages in the past year, new research examining the crisis finds

Medicine Shortages Index hits new record high of 247 as widespread shortages deepen incrementally each week Medicine shortages in Ireland continue to persist with 247 different medicines used by Irish patients currently out-of-stock, as a… Read More »Medicine Shortages Index at 247 with new trend seen in supply shortfall of nasal sprays, inhalers and eye drops

During today’s panel discussion examining medicine shortages, experts said an overhaul of procurement and pricing systems is needed to overcome weaknesses in the global supply chain and avoid acute shortages affecting patients in the future.… Read More »Medicine shortages will continue to worsen without political will to overhaul pricing and procurement systems

Emerging signs of shortages of nasal sprays due to supply chain weakness, with demand increasing before hay fever season Medicine shortages are likely to worsen without some intervention in the market, according to European pharmaceutical… Read More »Medicine Shortages Index hits high of 239 as new supply-chain factors emerge

Shortages up 41 in just six weeks, 16 additional medicines out-of stock in past three weeks alone Medicine shortages continue to worsen with 228 different medicines used by Irish patients currently out-of-stock, a rise of… Read More »Medicines Shortages Index high with Irish patients unable to access 228 medicines as widespread shortages worsens

Medicine manufacturers, including companies producing medicines domestically, are getting paid up to four times as much for their products abroad than in Ireland, new analysis shows.   The authors of the Medicine Shortages Index, Azure Pharmaceuticals,… Read More »Essential medicine shortages: scale of price differential between Ireland and neighbouring countries published