Drug shortages again on the rise after 5 years of improvements, FDA says

20th June 2018 Uncategorised 0

After 5 years of declines in the number of new drug shortages in the U.S., they jumped to 39 last year from 26 in the two preceding years. And while that is a far cry from the peak of more than 250 registered in 2011, the FDA acknowledges that many of the current shortages have been for critical drug products and “are having a tangible impact on patients.”

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