FillTheGap EU 🇪🇺

Keen to see an end to medicine shortages in Europe? Us too! Join the movement to #FilltheGap!

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Minoxidil is a medication used for the treatment of hair loss 🧑‍🦲. It is effective in helping promote hair growth.

Unfortunately it was in #shortage in Belgium 🇧🇪 from July to October 2023.

Luckily #parallelimport could #FillTheGap and let patients continue their treatment.

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#Shortages can be caused by supply disruption of the raw materials used in active ingredients for #medicines.

Why?

Sometimes only a few countries produce the active ingredients & unnecessary regulatory procedures can delay the production and create supply issues.
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Famciclovir is an antiviral medicine used for the treatment of various herpes virus infections 🦠, most commonly for shingles.

When it was in #shortage in Denmark 🇩🇰, patients faced anxiety due to the interruption of their treatment.

Luckily #parallelimport could #FillTheGap!

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Fosfomycin is an antibiotic used to treat bladder infections.

In the spring 2023, this essential medication was in #shortage in the 🇳🇱 due to a sudden withdrawal from the main supplier.

Luckily #parallelimport could cover 💯% of the national demand & help patients.

#FillTheGap

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Ciprofloxacine is an antibiotic used to treat a large spectrum of bacterial infections 🦠.

Classified by @WHO as critically important for human medicine, it was in #shortage in 🇧🇪 end 2022 because of a stop of commercialisation.

Fortunately #parallelimport could #FillTheGap.

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📢 Packaging requirements of medicines should be harmonised at EU level 🇪🇺.

🤔 Why? Because this will ease regulatory lag times and help eliminate #medicineshortages for you and those you love 😍.

More 👉 https://t.co/pxYV9E7Nhe
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A lot of patients suffer from tachycardia 🫀 in Italy 🇮🇹. For them, disopyramide is essential to treat their pathology.

However, this medicine was previously in #shortage.

Luckily #paralleltraders could import and allow patients to continue their treatment.

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Actron is made of acetylsalicylic acid, paracetamol and caffeine ☕. It is an anti-inflammatory and analgesic used to treat headaches, fever, dental and menstrual pain.

In 2022, patients in Spain 🇪🇸 faced #shortage of this #medicine.

Luckily #parallelimport could #FillTheGap.

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Economic forces, such as:

⛔ Market conditions
⛔ Pricing policies
⛔ Commercial withdrawals

can mean you and your family 👨‍👩‍👦 don't get the medicine you need.

Click to join us in our work to end #medicineshortages in Europe 🇪🇺.

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Tamoxifen is used to treat breast cancer 🦀 in women 👩 and men 👨.

It was in #shortage in Germany 🇩🇪 in 2022.

However, thanks to #parallelimporters, excess stock from other EU countries could be imported and allowed patients to resume their treatment.

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Desogestrel is used to treat menopausal symptoms and birth control for women 👭.

Previously, #medicineshortages affected the Finnish market 🇫🇮, causing patients to change their medication.

Fortunately, patients' treatment was bridged through #parallelimport.

#FillTheGap

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#Medicineshortages are a fact in Europe 🇪🇺. Here are the main reasons why they occur:

🏭 Manufacturing disruptions
🤑 Commercial withdrawals
📈 Surge in demand

Join us to #FillTheGap and make shortages a thing of the past! Read more 👉 https://t.co/qnGm3b3cam

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Nifedipine is a medication used against hypertension 🩸. It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines.

During a #medicineshortage in Norway 🇳🇴, #paralleldistribution successfully imported more than 2️⃣3️⃣,0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ packs to help patients in need.

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Isosorbide dinitrate is a medication used to treat heart failure and prevent chest pain from not enough blood flow to the heart ❤️‍🩹.

In the past it was in #shortage in the 🇳🇱.

Luckily, #parallelimport could #FillTheGap and help patients to continue their treatment 💊.

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#Medicineshortages can be a serious threat for Europeans 🇪🇺, in other words, all of us! But #parallelimport can #FillTheGap.

How? By importing the needed medicine from other EU countries with surplus stock.

Click to learn more 👉 https://t.co/OzPsDa0rfG

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Levonorgestrel is a hormonal medication which is used in birth control and is on @WHO List of Essential Medicines 💊.

End 2022, it was in #shortage in Italy 🇮🇹 because of production problems, forcing patients to stop their treatment.

Luckily #parallelimport could #FillTheGap

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Betamethasone dipropionate is used as a cream or lotion to treat inflammatory skin conditions such as eczema or psoriasis.

Following its commercial withdrawal in the past, it was in #shortage in 🇩🇰, leaving patients without treatment.

Luckily #parallelimport could #FillTheGap

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Atorvastatin is used to prevent cardiovascular disease in those at high risk.

Despite it is on the WHO's List of Essential Medicines💊, it was on #shortage in Belgium 🇧🇪 for one year.

Thanks to #paralleltrade, patients were not left without treatment. #FillTheGap

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During these difficult times, it is essential that who need treatment 🤒 the most, get it.

This requires a well-functioning 🇪🇺 internal market where we can move in #parallel to #FillTheGap 💊.

Read more about how #paralleldistribution works 👉 https://t.co/nTdpHXurJ4

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In early 2023, patients in 🇳🇱 faced #shortages of piperacillin and tazobactam.

These are used to treat various bacterial infections, such as pneumonia, abdominal or skin infections.

Luckily #parallelimport could supply 4️⃣0️⃣% of the national market demand.

#FillTheGap 💊