October 23, 2024

CBS quotes APC on resolving shortages

A different angle: CBS News quoted Scott on the issue of how the FDA decides when a shortage is resolved. Caught up in that question, CBS points out, are patients who “worry about cost and availability.”

“The current statute only allows them [FDA] to consider data from drugmakers, and we believe they ought to be able to pull from hospitals, from health systems, from pharmacies — certainly these folks are on the front lines,” Brunner said.