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ASHP reports record high number of drug shortages
ASHP tracked a record 323 active drug shortages during the first quarter of 2024, surpassing the previ
HHS proposes policies to prevent drug shortages
The Department of Health and Human Services April 2 released a white paper proposing policy solutions for Congress and others to prevent drug shortages and mitigate supply chain vulnerabilities, including collaborating with the private sector to develop and implement programs to assess and incentivize resiliency in manufacturer and hospital purchasing behavior.
AHA recommends legislative action to address chronic drug shortages
In a statement submitted to the House Ways and Means Committee for a hearing Feb. 6 on chronic drug shortages, AHA recommended Congress enact legislation to diversify manufacturing sites and sources for critical pharmaceutical ingredients; support an increase in end-user and supply chain inventories for critical medications; develop a rating system for drug maker quality management processes; identify essential drugs needing more domestic manufacturing capacity; and require drug makers to disclose where their products are made and when demand for essential drugs spikes.
AHA-supported drug shortages bill introduced in House
Reps. Doris Matsui, D-Calif., and Larry Bucshon, R-Ind., Jan. 12 introduced a House version of the Mapping America’s Pharmaceutical Supply Act, legislation that would require the Department of Health and Human Services to update its essential medicines list and create a database to help predict vulnerabilities in the U.S. pharmaceutical supply chain.
AHA comments on drug shortages for Senate hearing on policy solutions
In a statement submitted to the Senate Finance Committee Dec. 5 for a hearing on drug shortages and potential health policy solutions, AHA reiterated its support for multiple bills in the Senate to address drug shortages and shore up the nation’s fragile pharmaceutical supply chain.
Agencies extend telehealth prescribing flexibilities for controlled medications through 2024
The Drug Enforcement Administration and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Oct. 6 released a temporary rule extending telehealth prescribing flexibilities for buprenorphine and other controlled substances for new practitioner-patient relationships through Dec. 31, 2024.
House holds hearing on proposals to address generic drug shortages
The House Energy and Commerce Committee held a hearing on legislative proposals to prevent and respond to generic drug shortages.
AHA-supported bills would create data, buffer to help prevent drug shortages
AHA recently voiced support for four bipartisan bills introduced in the Senate to help alleviate the nation’s chronic and growing drug shortages.
Pfizer implements emergency ordering process for certain sterile injectables
Pfizer will ship certain sterile injectable products directly to customers due to high demand after a tornado struck the plant that makes them.
FDA assessing supply impact of storm damage to Pfizer sterile injectables plant
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 information as it becomes available.