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The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) reported that 323 "active medication shortages" were reported in January–March 2024. As a result of drug scarcity, many healthcare systems were forced to either ration out essential drugs, triage patients based on the severity of their condition and their need for the drug, or both.
GoodRx released a list of 19 of the most influential drugs and vaccines approved by the FDA in 2024 to treat a variety of conditions. These medications are “slated to make a big clinical impact."
The drug brought in annual sales of $1.66 billion as of April 2024, according to Teva. Teva's generic launch comes days after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration tentatively approved London ...
The initial list includes common prescriptions such as penicillin, metformin, lithium and albuterol asthma inhalers, as well as drugs for high cholesterol, high blood pressure and other chronic ...
Authorized generics are prescription drugs produced by brand pharmaceutical companies and marketed under a private label, at generic prices. Authorized generics compete with generic products in that they are identical to their brand counterpart in both active and inactive ingredients; [1] whereas according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Office of Generic Drugs, generic drugs are ...
Specialty drugs or specialty pharmaceuticals are a recent designation of pharmaceuticals [1] [2] classified as high-cost, [3] [4] [5] high complexity and/or high touch. [4] Specialty drugs are often biologics [3] [6] —"drugs derived from living cells" [7] that are injectable or infused (although some are oral medications). [4]
A lot of the early buzz around Ozempic was due to the fact that the medication was designed to treat people with type 2 diabetes—and that it was in short supply.
This list contains 1200 recommendations for 591 drugs and 103 therapeutic equivalents. [ 20 ] A separate list for children up to 12 years of age, known as the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines for Children (EMLc), was created in 2007 and is in its 9th edition.