Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Jun 2018
From EpiPens to antibiotics, report finds Canada's drug shortages could be getting worse
13 June 2018 - Researchers find 1 in 10 drugs sold in Canada are back-ordered or discontinued.
A new report probing Canada's struggle to keep pharmacy shelves stocked has turned up a number of possible causes, and the authors say that without swift action, the problem will only get worse.
Jacalyn Duffin, a doctor and medical historian who co-authored the C.D. Howe Institute study, set out to chronicle the growing list of back-ordered drugs after hearing from patients who said they had to delay treatments or switch to inferior alternatives when they couldn't fill their prescriptions.
