The survey by the American Society of Hospital Pharmacists (ASHP) found that 57% of them report "critical shortages" of chemotherapy drugs that are having an impact on patient care, with almost ...

Drug shortages in the US continue to affect patients on a daily basis.* Drug shortages range from something as simple as buffered aspirin to life-saving medications such as cancer chemotherapy ...

The latest data from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists reports that the active number of drug shortages in the U.S. has decreased to 271, down from a high of 323 in the first ...

During the first three months of 2024, there were 323 active medication shortages, according to the American Society of ...

That possibility is less remote than you might think. For the past two decades the US has been experiencing shortages of cancer drugs, antibiotics and even saline, a drug potentially needed by ...

27 letter, the ASHP, which represents 60,000 U.S. pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and student pharmacists, shared concerns with CMS' proposed framework for how it will implement negotiated drug ...

Jensen emphasizes the significant impact of drug shortages on cancer care and stresses the importance of finding a balance between cost-effectiveness and ensuring the continued availability of ...

Last year, ongoing and active drug shortages reached a record high for the decade, according to the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP). As a result, Help Advisor's analysis of U ...

“Antibiotics, diabetes medications and drugs for high blood pressure are also becoming difficult to obtain,” Iijima said. “Instead of the medicine shortage being resolved, it’s only spreading.

The Swedish Medical Products Agency is seeking a new mandate to address drug shortages. It wants to take charge of redistributing critical medicines to pharmacies and setting up a stock-based ...

The NHS is experiencing "unprecedented" medicines shortages, with the number of drugs in short supply doubling in two years. In December, 96 drugs were on a shortage list, according to unpublished ...