Civica Rx Supplies First Drug In US

Vancomycin is the first drug delivered under a plan to tackle US generic shortages and high prices

A US hospital has received shipment of the first drug to be provided under the affordable generic supply scheme launched by Civica Rx, a nationwide coalition of hospital healthcare groups dedicated to reducing medicine shortages and tackling high prices.

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Civica Rx is helping to address shortages in the US • Source: Shutterstock

US hospital-backed Civica Rx, a non-profit generic pharmaceutical company which just celebrated its one-year anniversary, has delivered the first drug under its disruptive business model aiming at fixing the nation’s problem of drug shortages and soaring prices.

Civica’s shipment of Xellia’s vancomycin hydrochloride, a crucial antibiotic often in short supply in medical facilities across the US,...

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