Drug Shortages

What Causes Drug Shortages?

- Brittle US Supply Chain

- Limited Generic Competition

- Impacts safe and effective treatment of patients

Drug shortages impact the safe and effective treatment of patients, placing a significant burden on the healthcare system. In addition, the recent pandemic-driven treatment needs have resulted in exponential demand, exposing the brittle nature of the current US supply chain.

Drug shortages can result from a number of different factors. Specifically, a brittle supply chain with dependencies on foreign manufacturing for supply; an antiquated batch process infrastructure with shortages driven by quality issues; and the generic drug industry trend towards single sourced suppliers driving price escalation without competitive response and no recourse for quality or supply chain issues.

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Drug Shortages

Drug Shortages – FDA

Drug Shortages – ASHP

Drug Shortages – WHO

Articles:

FDA Publishes List of Essential Medicines, Medical Countermeasures, Critical Inputs Required by Executive Order

Drug Shortages Task Force Executive Summary

Medicines shortages – World Health Organization

Building Resilient Supply Chains, Revitalizing American Manufacturing, and Fostering Broad-Based Growth