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JANUARY 19, 2018

Calls for Action on Rx Shortages at ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting

Orlando, Fla.—Regulatory, legislative and industry action is needed to ensure future drug shortages do not have the same crippling effect on health systems as the current scarcity of small-volume parenterals (SVPs), experts said at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) 2017 Midyear Clinical Meeting.

Manufacturers need to be more transparent in their production details; regulators and producers should have better contingency plans in place; and electronic health records