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OCTOBER 30, 2019

FDA Releases Multiagency Report on Causes of Drug Shortages

The FDA released a new report on the causes of the ongoing drug shortages in the U.S. health care system, according to the agency.

A multiagency task force—made up of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Department of Veterans Affairs, among others—conducted the report, which analyzed 163 drugs that were in shortage between 2013 and 2017.