Denmark Planning To Impose Drug Stockpiling Obligations From July

A new bill is intended to address the increase in medicine supply problems in Denmark in recent years.

man holding capsules in front of complete wavy national flag of denmark symbolizing health, medicine, cure, vitamines and healthy life — Denmark has its own drug shortage problems • Source: Shutterstock

New rules requiring pharmaceutical companies in Denmark to establish “safety stocks” of “critical” medicines are scheduled to come into effect on 1 July, along with an obligation to report stock levels of those products to the Danish Medicines Agency (DKMA) on a weekly basis.

The measures, intended to tackle the problem of drug shortages, are contained in a bill that was put out for...