FDA Shortages Task Force Looks More Broadly To Tackle Root Causes

FDA’s latest drug shortages task force aims to encourage investment in the reliable manufacture of generic sterile injectables that are fundamental to the practice of medicine. While the agency’s first task force continues to work with industry to avert shortages, the second will strike at underlying structural issues that cause persistent shortages of these critical medicines.  

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A second US FDA drug shortages task force is casting a wider net to resolve chronic shortages of critical generic sterile injectables by helping to increase profitability and decrease supply chain risks.

The recently announced task force will, for example, work with government payers to review reimbursement policies that discourage manufacturing of...

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