Translate AMICOR contents if you like

Sunday, March 11, 2018

MEDICINE’S SUPPLY CHAIN

MEDICINE’S LONG, THIN SUPPLY CHAIN

By offshoring its drug and medical supply manufacturing, the US has put patients and hospitals in a frighteningly precarious position.
ON THE WEBSITE of the Food and Drug Administration, there’s a page where the agency lists drugs that are in short supply in the United States. Last week, there were 90 entries on the list: antibiotics, drugs for anesthesia, compounds to light up veins and organs for imaging, immunosuppressives to prevent organ rejection, tube-feeding solutions, sedatives. For every type of medical problem, an important drug is off the market or in short supply—and this is routine./.../

No comments: