In view of the supply bottlenecks for a number of drugs, the President of the German Society for Intensive Care Medicine has spoken out in favor of state intervention.
In an interview with the "Rheinische Post", Christian Karagiannidis advocated "that the state, in cooperation with local pharmaceutical manufacturers, produce certain medicines for stock".
As a result, these medicines could always be available in sufficient quantities.
It's expensive, but the lack of medicines is worrying for a country like Germany.
The child protection association also called for political intervention.
"It is an indictment of the politicians that there are not even enough medicines and
antipyretics for the children,"
said association president Heinz Hilgers of the "Stuttgarter Zeitung" and the "Stuttgarter Nachrichten".
“The federal government must now act as quickly as possible and procure medicines.
And she urgently needs to set the course so that such a situation may never happen again.”
The Bavarian Health Minister Klaus Holetschek (CSU) meanwhile reiterated his call for a "strengthening of Germany as a pharmaceutical location" and called on the federal government to convene "a summit with all institutions involved" before Christmas.
The federal government must look for solutions together with medical associations, the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians, pharmacists, pharmaceutical wholesalers and pharmaceutical companies, said Holetschek of the "Rheinische Post".
Recently there were delivery problems with children's medicines such as fever and cough syrups.
Means for adults are also affected, such as cancer drugs and antibiotics, as Federal Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach (SPD) explained.
In order to counteract problems, he has announced a draft law for the coming week.