1. For the duration of a public health emergency, or following the recognition of a major event as referred to in Article 4(3) until it has been confirmed that the major event has been sufficiently addressed pursuant to Article 4(4), the MSSG shall regularly report the results of the monitoring referred to in Article 7 to the Commission and the single points of contact referred to in Article 3(6), and, in particular, shall signal any actual or potential shortages of medicinal products included on the critical medicines lists or any event that is likely to lead to a major event.
The reports referred to in the first subparagraph may also be made available to other actors in the supply chain for medicinal products, where appropriate, in accordance with competition law.
2. Where requested by the Commission or one or more single point of contact as referred to in Article 3(6), the MSSG shall provide aggregated data and demand forecasts to support its findings and conclusions. In that regard, the MSSG shall:
(a)
use data from the ESMP, once it is fully functional;
(b)
liaise with the ECDC to obtain epidemiological data, models and development scenarios to help forecast medicinal product needs; and
(c)
liaise with the Executive Steering Group on Shortages of Medical Devices referred to in Article 21 (‘MDSSG’) where medicinal products included on the critical medicines lists are used jointly with a medical device.
The aggregated data and demand forecasts referred to in the first subparagraph may also be made available to other actors in the supply chain for medicinal products, where appropriate, in accordance with competition law, with a view to better preventing or mitigating actual or potential shortages of medicinal products.
3. As part of the reporting referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, the MSSG may provide recommendations on measures that the Commission, Member States, marketing authorisation holders and other entities, including representatives of healthcare professionals and of patients, could take to prevent or mitigate actual or potential shortages of medicinal products.
Member States may request the MSSG to provide recommendations on measures referred to in the first subparagraph.
For the purposes of the second subparagraph, the MSSG shall liaise, as relevant, with the HSC and, in the case of a public health emergency, with any other relevant advisory committee on public health emergencies established pursuant to Union law.
4. The MSSG, on its own initiative or at the request of the Commission or a Member State, may provide recommendations on measures that the Commission, Member States, marketing authorisation holders, representatives of healthcare professionals and other entities could take to ensure preparedness for dealing with actual or potential shortages of medicinal products caused by public health emergencies or major events.
5. Where requested by the Commission, the MSSG may coordinate measures taken by the national competent authorities, the marketing authorisation holders and other entities, including representatives of healthcare professionals and of patients, as relevant, to prevent or mitigate actual or potential shortages of medicinal products in the context of a public health emergency or major event.