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Tornado Hit on Pfizer Plant
Could Cause Drug Shortages

UPDATED

Jul 20, 2023 12:45 PM CDT

Tornado Hit on Pfizer Plant Could Cause Drug Shortages

North Carolina facility made 25% of sterile injectable medication used in US hospitals

(Newser) - A tornado that did serious damage to a Pfizer plant in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, on Wednesday has probably worsened America's nationwide drug shortage, Bloomberg reports. The tornado ripped off the pharmaceutical plant's roof, and the county sheriff said 50,000 pallets of medicine were damaged. According to...

It's Official: There's an Adderall Shortage

Patients Griped About It.
Now the FDA Confirms It

Oct 15, 2022 7:45 AM CDT

Patients Griped About It. Now the FDA Confirms It

Agency makes it official: There's a nationwide Adderall shortage

(Newser) - There've been rumblings for months at some US pharmacies on difficulties obtaining Adderall. Now, official word from the Food and Drug Administration: There's a US shortage of the medication used to treat ADHD, reports NBC News . In a Wednesday release , the FDA announced the dearth of the drug,...

Sri Lanka Doctors
Sound Alarm:
This Is Worse
Than COVID

Jul 12, 2022 2:33 PM CDT

Sri Lanka Doctors Sound Alarm: This Is Worse Than COVID

They saw country is experiencing a drug shortage

(Newser) - Don't fall ill or get into accidents: That’s the advice doctors in Sri Lanka are giving patients as the country's economic crisis leaves its health care system short of drugs and other vital supplies. The South Asian island nation lacks the money to pay for basic imports...

Lose Your Kidney in Venezuela,
'Go Straight to the Cemetery'

Lose Your Kidney in Venezuela, 'Go Straight to the Cemetery'

Medicine shortage causing those with transplants to experience rejection

(Newser) - There's a literal casualty of Venezuela's ongoing economic woes: those with kidney problems. Reuters dives into the dire situation that both kidney transplant recipients and those hoping to join their ranks face in the midst of the country's inability to buy enough drugs from abroad or make...

Drug Shortage Blamed in Teen Cancer Relapses

Lack of Cancer Drug Caused 'Shocking' Teen Relapses

Dec 27, 2012 2:52 AM CST

Lack of Cancer Drug Caused 'Shocking' Teen Relapses

Cancer expert slaps 'ridiculous situation'

(Newser) - The dangerous effects of US drug shortages have been made all too clear in a new study. In 2010, sufferers of Hodgkin's lymphoma—who tend to be teenagers—suffered relapses that were likely due to limited supply of mechlorethamine, a generic medication used to treat the cancer. When substitutes...