How Can We Fix Drug Shortages? Let’s Start By Re-Examining Big Pharma’s Relationship With Wall Street

Forbes July 13, 2023
Rita Numerof

According to the FDA database, there are currently more than 135 drugs in shortage, with medical devices also in short supply. A recent U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs report found that drug shortages in the U.S. increased 30% between 2021 and 2022. The report also found that “more than 15 critical drug products have been in shortage for over a decade.”

The U.S. has endured drug shortages for some 20 years, and, unfortunately, little has changed during that time. Headlines about critical drug shortages certainly feel both more frequent and more serious. Headlines such as “Cancer drug shortages could put chemo patient treatment at risk,” and “US cancer drug shortage forces doctors to ration life-saving treatments”...

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