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./.../
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