CHESSMEN

This project, that has officially started on January 16^th and will be running for three years, is led by the Italian Medicines Agencies (AIFA – Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco) and benefits from the active participation of a wide consortium involving 27 organizations (associated and affiliated organizations) in representation of 22 EU Member States.  CHESSMEN is co-funded by the European Commission. Short supply of medicines is of utmost importance and a current issue in public health and medical care delivery at both national and international levels, therefore CHESSMEN Joint Action (JA) aims at supporting the EU Member States in implementing proper structures, measures and tools to tackle the issue of medicine unavailabilities. The monitoring and prevention of medicine’s shortages are key factors in sustaining the long-term and timely access of citizens to the respective therapeutics. 

CHESSMEN envisages strengthening the coordination and harmonisation between different Member States, supporting the existing networks and initiatives already present in the field such as the EMA SPOC Working Party and the HMA Task Force on Availability of authorised medicines of human and veterinary use and therefore enhancing Member States cooperation in: identifying the root causes of observed shortages of medicines; monitoring and reporting medicine´s shortages, including a common dataset proposal. Moreover, aims on defining preventive strategies of shortages and by capitalizing and expanding on prior knowledge, such as through the creation of model initiatives and practices based on studies conducted by the European Commission and the Good Practices already in use in EU Member States. The partnership will develop a mechanism to gather practical models for Member States while considering the findings of the Future-proofing Pharmaceutical Legislation Study on Medicine Shortages: Final Report and the Structured Dialogue on Security of Medicine Supply.

More information can be found on web side CHESSMEN

CHESSMEN – joint action

• CHESSMEN Joint Action (pdf, 2 MB)