Drug shortages
HHS proposes policies to prevent drug shortages. Find out how AHA is collaborating with the private sector to mitigate supply chain vulnerabilities.
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.
The webpage offers resources to help during the formula shortage.
The action gives the HHS Secretary authority to allocate all ingredients necessary to manufacture infant formula in response to the U.S. shortage.
The mental health bill includes AHA-supported legislation that would reauthorize and expand a program that addresses maternal depression.
In a letter today, AHA asked GE Healthcare to provide additional information to help member hospitals manage the current shortage of GE intraveneous contrast mediaproducts for computed tomography imaging.