Preparing for COVID-19 Related Drug Shortages

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Tue, June 16, 2020

A new paper published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society examines the nation’s current shortage of vitally needed medications, and how this dangerous situation is being made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic.  The authors provide recommendations on how clinicians and institutions might address potential scarcities of essential medications during the current public health crisis.

In “Preparing for COVID-19 Related Drug Shortages,” Andrew G. Shuman, MD, and co-authors discuss how the federal and state governments, as well as health care providers, need to develop ethically sound policies that address already perilously low supplies of certain commonly used medications, which are dwindling further due to resources needed to combat COVID-19.

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