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Why Canadians can expect more shortages of generic drugs
Jacalyn Duffin
Contributed to The Globe and Mail
Published Friday, Mar. 07 2014, 7:30 AM EST
Last updated Friday, Mar. 07 2014, 7:34 AM ES
The generic drug shortage that has been plaguing patients and health-care providers since 2010 simmers on. This week, without warning, Ritalin is in short supply in Quebec. Last month it was a national shortage of not one, but two heart medications.
The mysterious drug shortage is now raging in more than 39 developed and emerging countries. Children in Malawi cannot get malaria drugs; people in India scramble to find treatment for tuberculosis. In China, it is therapy for thyroid disease. And everywhere, cancer medications suddenly vanish without warning...
Why Canadians can expect more shortages of generic drugs
Jacalyn Duffin
Contributed to The Globe and Mail
Published Friday, Mar. 07 2014, 7:30 AM EST
Last updated Friday, Mar. 07 2014, 7:34 AM ES
The generic drug shortage that has been plaguing patients and health-care providers since 2010 simmers on. This week, without warning, Ritalin is in short supply in Quebec. Last month it was a national shortage of not one, but two heart medications.
The mysterious drug shortage is now raging in more than 39 developed and emerging countries. Children in Malawi cannot get malaria drugs; people in India scramble to find treatment for tuberculosis. In China, it is therapy for thyroid disease. And everywhere, cancer medications suddenly vanish without warning...