Drug Shortages: The View Across an Ocean

Andrew Shuman; Yoram Unguru

doi:10.1634/theoncologist.2019-1010

Drug Shortages: The View Across an Ocean

Oncologist. 2020 Apr;25(4):274-276. doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.2019-1010. Epub 2020 Feb 6.

Authors

Andrew Shuman¹, Yoram Unguru^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine (CBSSM), University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
² Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, The Herman and Walter Samuelson Children's Hospital at Sinai, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
³ Johns Hopkins University, Berman Institute of Bioethics, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

Abstract

Drug shortages represent a symptom of our inherently damaged health care system. This article focuses on vincristine, briefly describing how the recent shortage occurred and provides suggestions for how to move forward.

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Comment

MeSH terms

Heparin*
Humans
Oceans and Seas

Substances

Heparin