FDA: The Quality Problems Causing The Drug Shortage Were Not News To Those Making The Medicines - blog

Dr Len's Cancer Blog:

"Sometimes you have the opportunity to be educated, or to learn a bit more about a topic of importance. Yesterday was one of those opportunities.

Attending a meeting (as an observer) of the National Cancer Institute Director's Consumer Liaison Group on the issue of cancer drug shortages, there were some messages delivered that provided a bit more clarity surrounding a very complex problem. And there were messages delivered that had even me sit up and take notice, and frame the seriousness and depth of the problems that confront patients, their families and those who treat them. The observations were--to say the least--very unsettling.

Try this one, for example:......

JNCI - Frustration Over Gray-Market Drugs Lingers Throughout Nation

Chemo Drug (Taxol) Shortage Leaves Doctors Scrambling and Cancer Patients at Risk, Highlighting Increasingly Unreliable Drug Supplies - ABC News