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In November 2010, pharmacists at Georgia Cancer Specialists, a private cancer practice with 27 offices, noticed our first instance of the latest wave of drug shortages. We had tried to place an order for doxorubicin, but our primary wholesaler was not able to fill it. We also discovered that our secondary wholesalers had little or no available doxorubicin, and that some suppliers had increased their prices for the drug to such an extent that it was out of our reach. We began to take inventory of the doxorubicin that we had in all of our offices. At that point, we realized we had a crisis on our hands...
*For a PDF of the full article and accompanying Commentary, click on the links to the left of this introduction.
In November 2010, pharmacists at Georgia Cancer Specialists, a private cancer practice with 27 offices, noticed our first instance of the latest wave of drug shortages. We had tried to place an order for doxorubicin, but our primary wholesaler was not able to fill it. We also discovered that our secondary wholesalers had little or no available doxorubicin, and that some suppliers had increased their prices for the drug to such an extent that it was out of our reach. We began to take inventory of the doxorubicin that we had in all of our offices. At that point, we realized we had a crisis on our hands...
*For a PDF of the full article and accompanying Commentary, click on the links to the left of this introduction.
In November 2010, pharmacists at Georgia Cancer Specialists, a private cancer practice with 27 offices, noticed our first instance of the latest wave of drug shortages. We had tried to place an order for doxorubicin, but our primary wholesaler was not able to fill it. We also discovered that our secondary wholesalers had little or no available doxorubicin, and that some suppliers had increased their prices for the drug to such an extent that it was out of our reach. We began to take inventory of the doxorubicin that we had in all of our offices. At that point, we realized we had a crisis on our hands...
*For a PDF of the full article and accompanying Commentary, click on the links to the left of this introduction.