Minister of Health, François Braun, was questioned on Tuesday at the National Assembly about persistent shortages of medicines. Braun: "I committed to a list of so-called critical drugs before the end of this month, I had a first list of 281 drugs exactly today" Last November, he predicted a return to normal "in the coming weeks or months" Some 3,500 reports of stock-outs were identified in 2022, up sharply from 2,160 in 2021, according to a report.