`ema_shortages`

Pack: ema-medicines · Connect: https://pipeworx.io/mcp (see Connect below for a single-pack URL)

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/ema_shortages for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

European Medicines Agency register of reported and ongoing medicine shortages in the EU. Returns the medicine, INN/active substance, shortage status (ongoing/resolved/discontinued), pharmaceutical forms and strengths affected, whether alternatives are available, start-of-shortage date and expected resolution. The EU counterpart of the FDA drug shortages database. Answers “which EU medicines are currently in shortage”, “is there a shortage of X in Europe”, “when will the semaglutide shortage resolve in the EU”.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`query`	string	no	Free text: medicine name, INN/active substance, or therapeutic area.
`status`	string	no	Filter on shortage status, e.g. “ongoing”, “resolved”, “discontinued”. Substring match.
`since`	string	no	Earliest start-of-shortage date. YYYY-MM-DD, YYYY-MM or YYYY.
`limit`	number	no	Max records, default 50, max 200.

Example call

Arguments

{
  "query": "albendazole"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/ema-medicines/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"ema_shortages","arguments":{"query":"albendazole"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('ema_shortages', {
  "query": "albendazole"
});

More examples

{
  "status": "ongoing",
  "limit": 5
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config — every tool in the catalog, including this one — or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx": {
      "url": "https://pipeworx.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Connect to just the ema-medicines pack

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ema-medicines": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/ema-medicines/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

ema_shortages