FDA approves temporary import of hydromorphone hydrochloride injection
The Food and Drug Administration recently authorized the temporary import of hydromorphone hydrochloride injection from Canada to address a critical shortage of the drug, an opioid pain medication. This product is marketed in Canada, and is manufactured in Canada by Sandoz Canada Inc. At this time, no other entity except Hospira is authorized by the FDA to import or distribute Sandoz Hydromorphone Hydrochloride Injection, USP 2 mg/mL ampules in the U.S. See the letter to health care providers for more details.
Related News Articles
Headline
The Government Accountability Office yesterday released a report calling for the Department of Health and Human Services to improve its efforts responding to…
Headline
The Food and Drug Administration Jan. 30 announced it approved Journavx (suzetrigine) oral tablets, a first-in-class non-opioid drug, to treat moderate to…
Headline
In this conversation, Vinnidhy Dave, D.O., hospice specialist and director of palliative medicine at Englewood Health Physician Network, and Lauren Savage,…
Headline
In this conversation, Matthew Hoag, director of integrated behavioral health at Denver Health, shares how the organization is innovating through integration to…
Headline
The AHA June 7 submitted comments on a discussion draft of the Drug Shortage Prevention and Mitigation Act, bipartisan legislation proposing to provide…
Blog
The inability of many patients to obtain needed drug therapies due to either high prices or shortages has negatively affected patient outcomes.1 Nearly 30% of…