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Shortages of ADHD drugs expected during 2012

Home/Pharma News | Posted 20/01/2012

Drugs used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are in such short supply that FDA has reported that it receives hundreds of complaints from patients unable to fill their prescriptions.

UK drug shortages continue to affect pharmacists and patients

Home/Pharma News | Posted 16/12/2011

Shortages of brand-name medicines are as much of a problem in 2011 as they were in 2010, according to a survey by the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC).

Hospira’s manufacturing troubles may add to drug shortages

Home/Pharma News | Posted 09/12/2011

Injectable generics specialist, Hospira, is under scrutiny again regarding drug shortages caused by its continuing lack of compliance with FDA requirements. In fact, one analyst from The Wall Street believes that the company has production problems that require long-term attention and that could lead to it receiving a consent decree from FDA.

Biosimilars and cancer drug shortages in Europe

Home/Pharma News | Posted 18/11/2011

With all the talk about drug shortages in the US it might be easy to forget the rest of the world, but it seems that drug shortages are also hitting European countries and are affecting not just generics, but also biosimilars.

Members of parliament to hold inquiry into UK drug shortages

Home/Pharma News | Posted 25/11/2011

On 21 November 2011, a group of UK members of parliament (MPs) announced that they will hold a full-scale inquiry into the continuing problem of drug shortages within the National Health Service (NHS).

Some relief from drug shortages in the US

Home/Pharma News | Posted 10/11/2011

There finally appears to be some light at the end of the tunnel, with one of the main victims of shortages—the sterile injectable drug propofol—finally being declared no longer in short supply by FDA.

Obama’s fresh attempts to ease drugs shortages in the US

Home/Pharma News | Posted 04/11/2011

Action by the President
President Barack Obama signed an executive order 31 October 2011 to address an escalating shortage of life-saving medicines, his newest effort to advance social and economic measures that have stalled in Congress.

Cancer drug shortages in the US

Home/Pharma News | Posted 10/11/2011

There is concern being expressed about the growing number of drug shortages among essential and lifesaving cancer drugs.

Sun Pharma offers to buy remaining Taro shares

Home/Pharma News | Posted 10/11/2011

Taro Pharmaceutical Industries confirmed that it had received a letter on 19 October 2011 from Sun Pharma offering to buy all outstanding shares of Taro, not currently held by Sun Pharma, at a price of US$24.50 per share.

Pfizer invests Euros 145 million in Irish biotech site

Home/Pharma News | Posted 28/10/2011

Pfizer, the world’s leading pharmaceutical company, is to make a substantial investment of Euros 145 million at its Grange Castle biotechnology manufacturing facility in Clondalkin, Dublin, Ireland, it was revealed 22 September 2011.