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28 Sep 2011

PCCA Urges Member Pharmacists to Offer Solutions for Drug Shortages

PCCA President urges member pharmacists to continue their efforts to reduce the growing issue of drug shortages.

Professional Compounding Centers of America (PCCA) yesterday urged its member pharmacists to continue to work closely with physicians, patients and hospitals to reduce the growing issue of drug shortages.

 

The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) currently names 201 medicines on its drug shortage list, and the U.S. FDA maintains a similar list of drug shortages based on manufacturer reporting. During an FDA-sponsored forum on drug shortages Monday, a representative from the Drug Information Resource Center (DIRC) reported tracking 210 “new” shortages over the first nine months of 2011, with more than 260 cumulative shortages, new and ongoing.

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