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How to get German Drug Shortage Monitor

Open medicine shortage reports from the German BfArM / PharmNet-Bund public CSV. A run saves one row per result.

One row per result

A row has Product Name, Atc Code, Substances, Start Date. The columns are listed in the schema on this page.

The next run

Put the run on a schedule and the next file is the latest rows.

German Drug Shortage Monitor in Excel, Sheets, or Power BI

The rows are the same in each of those tools. The guide for the one you already use starts with a free Apify account and finishes with the file.

Schema

Examples come from the actor sample, not a live result.

NameDescriptionExample
productNameProduct NameAciclovir AbZ Lippenherpescreme
atcCodeAtc CodeD06BB03
substancesSubstancesAciclovir
startDateStart Date2026-10-15
endDateEnd Date2026-10-15
firstReportDateFirst Report Date2026-10-15
lastReportDateLast Report Date2026-10-15
scrapedAtScraped At2026-09-24T12:00:00.000Z
  • productNameProduct NameAciclovir AbZ Lippenherpescreme
  • atcCodeAtc CodeD06BB03
  • substancesSubstancesAciclovir
  • startDateStart Date2026-10-15
  • endDateEnd Date2026-10-15
  • firstReportDateFirst Report Date2026-10-15
  • lastReportDateLast Report Date2026-10-15
  • scrapedAtScraped At2026-09-24T12:00:00.000Z