3 June 2021 - The EU Executive Steering Group on Shortages of Medicines Caused by Major Events has adopted a reflection paper which contains recommendations to support forecasting of demand for human medicinal products across the European Union and also at the national level in exceptional situations like the COVID-19 pandemic, whenever such activity is undertaken.

A global health emergency, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, can drive a sudden surge in demand for certain medicines used to treat patients. 

The document builds on the experience gained by European Union authorities last year, during the first wave of the pandemic, and presents a common methodology to predict the demand of medicines for use in intensive care units.

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