Colombia creates SISCAATS to centralize medication shortage alerts

The Ministry of Health and Social Protection created the Information System for the Centralization of Health Technology Supply Alerts (SISCAATS), a public, interoperable, and online platform that will centralize reports on the availability of medications and medical devices throughout the country. The measure was established in Resolution number 001763 of 2026, issued on August 5 and published in the Official Gazette No. 53,618 on Monday, September 7, 2026, signed by Minister Guillermo Alfonso Jaramillo Martínez.

The regulation complies with Order number 1282 of 2025 of the Constitutional Court, which ordered the creation of a unified information system or the adaptation of the supply monitoring system as a public and interoperable platform, with updated data and citizen consultation, to prevent the non-existence of drugs and identify overcosts in the General Social Security System in Health (SGSSS). It is based on Article 19 of Law 1751 of 2015 and Articles 4, 32, 86, 90, and 114 of Law 1438 of 2011.

What the system reports

SISCAATS will collect, consolidate, and analyze information on the supply of chemically synthesized medications, medicinal gases, biologicals, radiopharmaceuticals, and medical devices, including those classified as “vital non-available.” Obligated actors must report:

• Units available for immediate sale, on a monthly basis within the first eight (8) calendar days of each month.
• Units available for short-term sale and distributed units, when requested by the Ministry.
• Incidents affecting supply, within the first ten (10) calendar days of the month following the one in which they occurred, or at any time when they are critical or of high impact.

Who must report

The resolution defines two groups of members. Among the actors obligated to report are sanitary registration holders and importers, wholesale distributors, Health Benefit Plan Administrative Entities (EAPB), the Penitentiary and Prison Services Unit (Uspec), IPS with an enabled pharmaceutical service, and pharmaceutical managers and logistics operators. Among the government actors are the Ministry itself, the National Superintendency of Health, Invima, departmental and district health secretariats, and the Special Administrative Unit National Narcotics Fund (FNE).

Implementation and control

Implementation will be gradual: the incident reporting under paragraph 6.3 will begin within a maximum period of one (1) month, while the availability reporting under paragraphs 6.1 and 6.2 will be implemented within a term of six (6) months from publication. For medical devices, reports may only be made once the Standardized Reference Table that guarantees data interoperability is available. The Ministry will publish the functional and interoperability manuals within a maximum of six (6) months.

Article 14 provides that the Ministry will review and report cases of alleged non-compliance so that the competent entities may exercise inspection, surveillance, and control. Information classified as sensitive data or business secrets will be treated as confidential, in accordance with current regulations.

Source: Official Gazette of the Republic of Colombia, No. 53.618, Monday, September 7, 2026, p. 38 (official reference: Resolution number 001763 of 2026).