REMEDIUMREMEDIUM1561-59362658-3534Joint-Stock Company Chicot101610.21518/1561-5936-2020-11-12-4-17Original ArticleAgile stockpiles an insurance for drug supplyGilissenEddynoemail@neicon.ruMulliganChrisnoemail@neicon.ruTottmanSimonnoemail@neicon.ruTroeinPernoemail@neicon.ruIQVIA1112202011-1241718032022Copyright © 2020,2020Healthcare systems across the world are looking at ways of maintaining the continuity of supply of medicines to patients in times of crisis. Whilst this is not a new phenomenon, the additional burden placed on the supply chain during COVID-19 has meant it has come more into the spotlight. The need to use a stockpile can be caused by an interruption to supply, a rapid and unexpected peak in demand, or when both an interruption to supply and a peak in demand occur simultaneously. The objectives of a stockpile will guide the portfolio breadth and depthhealthcare systempharmaceutical stockpileemergency stockpile of medicinal productsavailability of drugsсистема здравоохранениязапас лекарственных средствчрезвычайный запас лекарственных средствдоступность лекарственных средств