Erin Fox has tracked drug shortages for more than 20 years, and she sees no easy solutions for what has become a record run. The University of Utah Drug Information Service says total active shortages hit an all-time high of 323 earlier this year. That’s up 85% from a 10-year low of 174, at the end of 2017.
Erin Fox has tracked drug shortages for more than 20 years, and she sees no easy solutions for what has become a record run.
There were 48 new shortages recorded this year through March, according to the data, published by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. We have, overall, relatively few manufacturers. halted inspections during COVID. Now they’re back, at factories that maybe haven’t been inspected for five or six years. They’re finding some things to fix. Those fixes can take anywhere from 6 to 18 months for production to get fully back on schedule.Here’s how to keep cool and stay safe during a heat wave
We saw all those chemotherapy shortages last year in part because a large factory in India, found quality problems there. They made a large amount of the U.S. supply. The other companies were unable to quickly make up the difference.Q: What is one thing about shortages that patients underestimate?It might be delayed or they might have to take a capsule instead of a pill.
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