NBC Chicago9d
Remember the prescription drug shortages from last year? The problem hasn't gone away
She said that no one involved could tell her exactly what had happened to the drug, carboplatin. Its disappearance was just ...
NBC New York7d
Corporate interests and an industry of middlemen may be helping to drive America's prescription drug shortage
In hindsight, Darcy Filus said she realizes she was naive. She knew there were prescription drug shortages, but not that they were drugs used to treat cancer. Last year, when she was 59, she was ...
NBC 6 South Florida7d
Surging demand leaves many without crucial diabetes and ADHD medications
The sudden surge in popularity of drugs like Ozempic, driven in part by its weight loss benefits, is contributing to a record-high number of prescription drug shortages and sparking tense ...
Out of Stock: Examining America's drug shortage crisis
Robin Finley was diagnosed with uterine cancer five years ago and has undergone repeated treatments since it reoccured. Now ...
Medscape22h
Hospitals Reeling From IV Fluid Shortages in the Aftermath of Hurricane Helene
Hurricane Helene damaged one of the major NC-based manufacturing facilities of IV fluids. What’s being done to help hospitals ...
The National Law Review6d
Weight Loss Drug Shortages Will End Soon
On August 8, 2024, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) partially revised the availability of certain glucagon-like ...
California ballot measure promises ‘mass treatment’ for drug crimes. Can counties provide it?
Prop. 36 pledges to send more people convicted of drug possession to treatment instead of prison. Behavioral health directors ...
Changing Alzheimer's drug vial size might save big money for Medicare
A simple tweak in available vial sizes of the breakthrough Alzheimer's drug Leqembi could save Medicare hundreds of millions ...