focus -WSS

focus

author：leisure time 2025-08-19 18:00:45 - browse：5

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 27: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about supply chain resilience during an event in the Indian Treaty Room at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on November 27, 2023 in Washington, DC. — President Biden spoke about supply chain resilience and drug shortages. Alex Wong/Getty Images

WASHINGTON — President Biden’s new plan to curb drug shortages by boosting domestic drug production won’t expand the supply of the chemotherapies that are currently in shortage, an administration official confirmed. The limited scope surprised experts, who told STAT Biden could have included those drugs in the effort.

The 15 cancer drugs in short supply account for only a little more than 10% of the drugs on FDA’s shortage list. But chemotherapies are far more crucial than many other drugs experiencing shortages, which include injections of amino acids and multivitamins, and sterile water. Gut-wrenching stories about cancer patients being switched to less-effective drugs have caused cancer doctors to agitate for government solutions.

Biden announced last week that he plans to use the Defense Production Act to get companies to make essential medicines and their ingredients in the United States. The administration will spend $35 million to boost domestic production of key starting materials for drugs that hospitals commonly use and are prone to shortages.

Get unlimited access to award-winning journalism and exclusive events.

Subscribe Log In

Previous article： How one medical school became remarkably diverse
Next article： Health officials lay out plans to cope with respiratory virus season

WSS

How to make over

The wait for US passports is creating travel purgatory and snarling summer plans

Fatty liver disease was alleviated by Lilly’s ‘triple

Drugmakers bet big on mRNA for cancer. Why's Biden going in?

What past blockbusters can tell us about future of Wegovy and other weight loss medicines

Trans patients at the end of life deserve respect and dignity

explore

focus

focus

Duchenne breakthrough therapy leaves behind pioneering families

Drug cartel violence flares in western Mexico after vigilante leader's killing

Food as medicine: CMS rules hamper 'prescribing' of fruits, veggies

Being 'nonadherent' patient made me a more empathetic doctor

New air purifier tech could be key to improving indoor air quality

Wegovy improves function in certain heart failure patients

Duchenne breakthrough therapy leaves behind pioneering families

Lupron, used to halt puberty in children, may cause lasting health problems

Food as medicine: CMS rules hamper 'prescribing' of fruits, veggies

Top Ukrainian generals say counteroffensive is 'going to plan' as losses mount

hotspot

California store owner shot dead in dispute over displaying Pride flag: Police

Roche's accidental data boosts hopes for anti

Vivek Ramaswamy made waves in the debate, much as in biotech

Top Ukrainian generals say counteroffensive is 'going to plan' as losses mount

AstraZeneca lung cancer study comes in below expectations

Meadows told special counsel he could not recall Trump ever declassifying Mar

leisure time

hotspot

Wikipedia

Wikipedia