Drug shortages
The Drug Shortage Prevention Act would require manufacturers to notify the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of increased demand of covered drugs. The AHA believes the requirement that manufacturers notify the FDA of increased demand for critical drugs will be an integral tool for shoring up the…
Pfizer will ship certain sterile injectable products directly to customers due to high demand after a tornado struck the plant that makes them.
The Food and Drug Administration said it did not expect “any immediate significant impacts on supply” after a tornado damaged a Pfizer plant in North Carolina that makes sterile injectables for U.S. hospitals, but is working with Pfizer to complete a more extensive assessment and will share more…
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee voted 17-3 to pass as amended the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Response Act (S. 2333), which would reauthorize the Hospital Preparedness Program at the current funding level of $385 million through fiscal year 2029.
AHA is weighing in on drug shortages that impact patient care in response to a request by Republican leaders in the House and Senate. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., chair of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Finance…
The Honorable Cathy McMorris Rodgers
Chair
Committee on Energy and Commerce
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515
The Honorable Mike Crapo
Ranking Member
Committee on Finance
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510
Dear Chair McMorris…
The FDA on June 2 told AHA that is has worked with Qilu Pharmaceuticals and Apotex Corp. to temporarily import cisplatin, a drug used in chemotherapy, after a national shortage.
New drug shortages increased nearly 30% last year to their highest level in almost five years, according to a report released last week by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee for a hearing on the issue.
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee is asking hospitals to complete a questionnaire by Aug. 12
The AHA will continue to monitor the baby formula supply shortage and work with hospitals to ensure access to the needed supplies. Explore AHA’s and resources from the FDA, White House, HHS and others on this page.