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As cancer drug shortages grow, some doctors are forced to ration doses or delay treatment

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Widespread cancer drug shortages are forcing doctors to make difficult decisions about how to treat their patients, including dose rationing and switching to other treatment options with potentially more side effects. As of Wednesday, the Food and Drug Administration has listed 14 cancer drugs in short supply. The oncology shortage is especially critical, FDA Commissioner … Read more

After years of delay, DEA revokes drug distributor’s license over opioid crisis failures

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The US Drug Enforcement Administration has stripped one of the nation’s largest pharmaceutical distributors of its license to sell highly addictive painkillers after it ruled that it failed to report thousands of suspicious, high-volume orders to the hei… From JOSHUA GOODMAN and JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press May 26, 2023, 9:10 AM ET 5 minute read … Read more