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U.K. officials demand action on worsening drug shortages
Drug shortages are plaguing the U.K. as well as the U.S., to the point where British lawmakers are calling for action against parallel trade.
Drug shortages have fallen dramatically, FDA says
Drug shortages in the U.S. have dropped significantly, and more than 125 shortages have been averted in recent weeks, says the FDA.
Sandoz: We won't hike prices in Canada during shortage
Sandoz is assuring Canadians that it doesn't view the current drug shortage in that country as an opportunity to hike prices on its meds. The Novartis ( $NVS ) unit has been at the center of the shortage, particularly after one of its plants had to reduce production because of GMP issues.
Austrian racks up millions from parallel trade in EU
Parallel trade may be a bane for drug supplies in low-cost countries, but it's been a boon for Andreas Mohringer and his company EurimPharm Arzneimittel. As Bloomberg reports, Mohringer has made a small fortune buying cartons of drugs in one European country and selling them for higher prices elsewhere. Enough to buy (and maintain) a prize-winning vintage Ferrari, in fact.
Quebec plant fixes force Sandoz to slash output
The U.S. isn't the only country staring down the barrel of a drug shortage. Canada is facing multiple supply problems.
FDA brings Sun's Doxil copy online to fix shortage
Fresh off its cobbled-together solution to a methotrexate shortage, the FDA says it's sewn up an alternate supply of the scarce cancer drug Doxil . The agency has approved a substitute for the...
Leukemia drug shortage averted for now, FDA says
Disaster averted, say federal health officials. HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told Congress yesterday that new supplies of the critically scarce drug methotrexate would be released in the coming
Sanofi yanks drug batch on CMO contamination fears
Here's another ripple from the Ben Venue Laboratories splashdown. Sanofi's ( $SNY ) Genzyme unit has recalled a batch of its leukemia drug Fludara because of worries about its sterility. The 9,380
Ben Venue's idled plant triggers 'dire' leukemia-drug shortage
Ben Venue Laboratories has another black eye. We've heard a lot about the ongoing shortages of Johnson & Johnson's ( $JNJ ) cancer treatment Doxil , the supply of which is suffering from...
Novartis pulls OTC meds made at troubled plant
On the heels of a temporary plant shutdown last month, Novartis ( $NVS ) has recalled four over-the-counter drugs made there. It's a precautionary recall, the company's consumer health division
