Today, the informal ministerial meeting of the 28 EU Member States responsible for health today continues in Bratislava on the second day under the leadership of the Minister for Health, Tomáš Drucker. The European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Vytenis Andriukaitis is also present. I consider this meeting to be an excellent opportunity, because we can open important topics that are not only for Slovakia but also for other EU Member States. We can exchange experiences and knowledge, inform each other and talk about proposals for solutions, said T. Drucker in this regard. Today, ministers will focus on the issue of antimicrobial resistance and the related increase in the incidence of tuberculosis in Europe as well as on vaccination issues. Some EU Member States are facing problems with the shortage of vaccines due to the increasing demand for vaccines and production problems. We will look together for solutions within the framework of the rules on free movement of goods in the EU to eliminate the outages of vaccine supply in some Member States, said head of Slovak health department T. Drucker. On the first day of the meeting, ministers addressed the reformation of food and the lack of medicinal products for human use. The goal is to provide patients with good quality and affordable treatment. We are focusing on the root causes of drug unavailability. These include, for example, low drug prices and subsequent parallel exports, T. Drucker said. Ministers agreed that the issue of the supply of medicines is crucial for each Member State. The European Commission supports the work of the European Medicines Agencies to map the situation and find solutions. We agree that authorisation holders must ensure continuous delivery of medicinal products so that patients' needs are ensured in each Member State, said Euro Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis during the discussion. His words were confirmed by the WHO Regional Director for Europe Zsuzsanna Jakab: The lack of medicines is a serious problem as it can endanger patient care and may also affect the economy.