Meeting report: antibiotic shortages: magnitude, causes and possible solutions
Norwegian Directorate of Health, Oslo, Norway, 10-11 December 2018
28 August 2019
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Overview
The meeting was organized and hosted by the World Health Organization (WHO), the Norwegian Directorate of Health, and the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. Held on the 10 -11 December 2018 in Oslo. It brought together key stakeholders to discuss antibiotic demand forecasting; manufacturing; procurement practices; pricing of generic antibiotics; linked and delinked financial reimbursement models; regulatory challenges and opportunities; the benefits and disadvantages of local production; and, to some extent, the economic and societal impact of shortages.
While availability to quality-assured antibiotics is a global challenge, this meeting focused on the specific market failure of a predictable supply of older existing antibiotics that have been in shortage over the last years or have low prices and/or modest sales, with the intent to identifying potential solutions.
WHO Team
WHO Headquarters (HQ)
Reference numbers
WHO Reference Number: WHO/MVP/EMP/IAU/2019.02
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