'Record' drug shortages include cancer meds
The FDA has released its latest list of scarce drugs, and several cancer drugs are included.
The FDA has released its latest list of scarce drugs, and several cancer drugs are included. That's causing consternation around the country as some cancer patients have to wait--or forego--chemotherapy with particular drugs that are running short. In all, some 150 drugs are on the FDA's scarcity list, "a record number of shortages," FDA's Valerie Jensen tells UPI.
Drugs run short for a variety of reasons: Increased demand for a particular treatment, short supplies of active ingredients, manufacturing problems, recalls...and because some older drugs are only made by a handful of manufacturers, when one company's production slows or stops, that affects the entire supply. For instance, the cancer drug cisplatin is made by three companies--APP, Teva Pharmaceuticals ($TEVA) and Bedford--and both Teva and Bedford report manufacturing delays, while APP, understandably, is struggling to keep up with increased demand.
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