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Injectable Medication Shortages: Why Hospital Pharmacies Are on the Front Line

Injectable Medication Shortages: Why Hospital Pharmacies Are on the Front Line
Posted by: Alan Burity Vitulo in: Health and Medicine
20 Dec | 12:09 PM | 8

Injectable medication shortages are crippling U.S. hospitals, with sterile drugs like anesthetics and chemotherapy agents in critical short supply. Hospital pharmacies bear the brunt due to complex manufacturing, low profits, and concentrated supply chains-with patients paying the real cost.

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