Drug Topics April 8, 2024
Researchers addressed pharmacists’ role in mitigating drug shortages.
As drug shortages reach a 10-year high, pharmacists can play a key role in managing shortages and mitigating the risks to patients, according to 2 articles published in the AMA Journal of Ethics.1,2
Since 2007, drug shortages have increased rapidly, most recently during the COVID-19 pandemic, when vaccines had to be rationed to reach populations at the highest risk.1
“[As of April 2024], the [FDA] listed 136 medications in shortage, ranging from inhaled albuterol solution to injectable vecuronium. Even before the pandemic, it was not uncommon to see over 100 drugs in shortage at any given time, but in recent years, the state of drug shortages has become even more severe,”...
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