demandmeans the request for a medicinal product or a medical device by a healthcare professional or patient in response to clinical need;
developermeans any legal or natural person seeking to generate scientific data with regard to the quality, safety and efficacy of a medicinal product as part of the development of that product.
major eventmeans an event which is likely to pose a serious risk to public health in relation to medicinal products in more than one Member State, which concerns a deadly threat or otherwise serious threat to health of biological, chemical, environmental or other origin, or a serious incident that can affect the supply of or demand for medicinal products, or quality, safety or efficacy of medicinal products, which may lead to shortages of medicinal products in more than one Member State and necessitates urgent coordination at Union level in order to ensure a high level of human health protection;
medical devicemeans a medical device as defined in Article 2, point (1), of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 or an in vitro diagnostic medical device as defined in Article 2, point (2), of Regulation (EU) 2017/746, and includes accessories for such devices within the meaning of Article 2, point (2), of Regulation (EU) 2017/745, and Article 2, point (4), of Regulation (EU) 2017/746, respectively;
medicinal productmeans a medicinal product as defined in Article 1, point (2), of Directive 2001/83/EC;
public health emergencymeans a situation of public health emergency recognised by the Commission in accordance with Article 12(1) of Decision No 1082/2013/EU;
shortagemeans a situation in which the supply of a medicinal product that is authorised and placed on the market in a Member State or of a CE-marked medical device does not meet demand for that medicinal product or medical device at a national level, whatever the cause;
supplymeans the total volume of stock of a given medicinal product or medical device that is placed on the market by a marketing authorisation holder or a manufacturer;
veterinary medicinal productmeans a veterinary medicinal product as defined in Article 4, point (1), of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and the Council;