A group of French organisations have called for more transparency from pharmaceutical companies as drug shortages increase. In a joint report, 14 civil society organisations outlined their recommendations to solve a “situation that has only worsened” since 2018. The French medicines regulator signalled 4,925 drug shortages in 2023, compared to 3,761 in 2022 and 2,160 in 2021. A 2024 survey from France Assos Santé, which represents patients, found that 44 per cent of people in France said they had faced a drug shortage this year. One of the pharmacy unions in France has even planned a strike at…