A separate study found that 72% of infants were protected against RSV through maternal vaccination or infant receipt of nirsevimab in 2023-24.
List of drugs that "when medically needed in acute care must be available and used within hours or days of the need or the patient may suffer serious outcomes which may include disability or death." Check the dashboards for the most recent shortages, or at the complete PDF list, updated every week.
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A pediatric hospital system wasted 58,607 antibiotic doses, including drugs in limited US supply.
The failure to follow good manufacturing practices leads to product defects, contamination, and other problems that put patients at risk.
Pfizer said it would continue to fill orders of products for which it has inventory at 100% of historical levels, although there may be local disruptions.
A roundup of infectious disease stories in the news.
Incentives for manufacturers and hospitals, and a buffer inventory, are needed, a new report says.
Reducing dependencies on foreign countries will be complicated.
Penicillin G is on CIDRAP's Resilient Drug Supply Project's list of 156 critical acute drugs.
Shortages of two drugs—cisplatin and carboplatin—are dire enough that the FDA is working with a Chinese manufacturer and a Canadian drugmaker on importing alternatives.
The resolution urges WHO member states to build national and subnational systems to ensure uninterrupted access to medical oxygen to healthcare facilities in both urban and rural areas.
Regulators, pharmacists, and healthcare providers are alarmed by the trend.
