To better monitor and, if necessary, counteract supply shortages of medicinal products at EU level, the European Shortages Monitoring Platform (ESMP) was established by the EMA in accordance with the Regulation (EU) 2022/123. The full version of the platform was launched in January 2025.

The Federal Office for Safety in Health Care has been informed by the Danish authority that it has been informed by the Danish tissue bank European Sperm Bank (DK257572) that 2 offspring of the sperm donor 8860 RUMLE have been diagnosed with DiGeorge syndrome (22q11 deletion syndrome). The donor/gametes were permanently blocked.

Up-to-date information from the 19.05.-22.05.2025 meeting on new approvals, extensions of indication, newly published EPAR's and recently started procedures.

Recall due to visible particles in solution

Recall due to possible metal particles in tablets

Up-to-date information from the 22.04.-25.04.2025 meeting on new approvals, extensions of indication, newly published EPAR's and recently started procedures.

The Federal Office for Safety in Health Care has been informed by the Danish authority that it has been informed by the Danish tissue bank Cryos International - Aarhus ApS that the donor KRISS is a carrier of haemochromatosis type 1. The donor/gametes have been permanently blocked.

The Federal Office for Safety in Health Care (BASG) has been informed that the manufacturer SEBBIN, which went bankrupt in March 2025, has no legal successor who continues to fulfil the manufacturer obligations arising from the Regulation (EU) 2017/745 on medical devices („MDR“), as amended.

Up-to-date information from the 24.03.-27.03.2025 meeting on new approvals, extensions of indication, newly published EPAR's and recently started procedures.

This issue of RMS NEWS again contains current and relevant news for our applicants for marketing authorisations with Austria as RMS.