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Mental health, FDA bills advance in House

The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee yesterday voted unanimously to advance the bills to the full committee.

FDA reports shortage of GE contrast media for CT imaging

A GE Healthcare facility that makes the contrast media in Shanghai, China, had to shut down temporarily due to a COVID-19 lockdown.

FDA recommends strategies to conserve prefilled saline flush syringes

The Food and Drug Administration today recommended strategies for health care providers to conserve prefilled 0.9% sodium chloride intravenous lock/flush syringes.

Civica Rx Aims to Disrupt Generic Insulin Market Pricing by 2024

Pending federal approval, Civica Rx, the nonprofit consortium of U.S. hospitals, plans to manufacture and distribute several generic insulins, continuing its mission to alleviate chronic shortages of inpatient drugs and reduce drug prices.

Report calls for federal, other action to prevent medical supply shortages

A new congressionally mandated report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine recommends actions to help prevent medical product shortages and ensure access to essential drugs and devices.

Intermountain Sells GPO as It Sharpens Focus

Intermountain Healthcare has agreed to sell its Intalere group purchasing organization (formerly Amerinet) to Vizient, a GPO that also provides data analytics and performance-improvement insights to health systems.
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AHA, Others Comment to DEA on Controlled Substances Quotas

The AHA and six other organizations comments to the Drug Enforcement Administration on its proposed rule regarding controlled substances quotas.
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Drug Safety Summit Examined National Security Implications of Global Drug Manufacturing

Leading healthcare groups convened a summit, “Safe, Effective, and Accessible High-Quality Medicines as a Matter of National Security,” on July 27-31 to examine the resilience of the U.S. pharmaceutical supply chain in light of the current state of global pharmaceutical manufacturing.

AHA, others voice support for drug shortages bill

Reps. Scott Peters, D-Calif., Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., Brett Guthrie, R-KY, Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., Richard Hudson, R-N.C., Michael McCaul, R-Texas, Kurt Schrader, D-Ore., and Gus Bilirakis, D-Fla., introduced the Preventing Drug Shortages Act (H.R. 6080). 
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AHA, Health Organizations Express Support for S.2723 - The Mitigating Emergency Drug Shortages (MEDS) Act

AHA, health organizations letter to Senate Chairman, Lamar Alexander and Ranking Member Patty Murray, expressing support of S.2723 - The Mitigating Emergency Drug Shortages (MEDS) Act.