Düsseldorf (dpa / lnw) - In view of the shortage of medicines, the Federal Ministry of Health should relax the requirements for the supply of medicine, according to North Rhine-Westphalia's Minister of Health. He asked Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) to determine a supply shortage, said Karl-Josef Laumann (CDU) on Tuesday, according to a statement from his ministry.
In the event of a supply shortage, which is regulated in the Medicines Act, it would be possible for authorities to apply for the import of medicines that are not labeled in German.
Recently there were delivery problems with medicines for children, such as fever and cough syrups. On Tuesday, Lauterbach presented the cornerstones of a law that, among other things, provides for new price rules and is intended to make deliveries more economically attractive for providers. European producers should generally have a stronger say. Laumann said that the announced higher reimbursement for medicines for children will help in the medium term, but you also have to be able to act in the short term.
