Background: In March 2020, the Government of Canada introduced measures to reduce
intensifying shortages of prescription drugs during the beginning of the COVID-19 …

In response to increasing shortages of medicines, governments have implemented
legislative and non-legislative policy measures. This study aimed to map these policies …

Drug shortages are a global and complex issue having negative impacts on patients,
pharmacists, and the broader health care system. Using sales data from 22 Canadian …

Objectives We analyze how shortages led to changes in access to and expenditure for
pharmaceutical care in the Swiss health system between 2015 and 2020. Methods We …

Introduction: Product life cycle refers to all phases of a product from development to active
market phase and finally the phase in which products possibly exit the market. The product …

Background Previous studies have suggested that drug pricing could contribute to drug
shortages; however, there is limited quantitative assessment of this potential causal …

Objective Drug plans take different approaches to determining reimbursement prices for
generic drugs. One common approach is to set the maximum reimbursement price as a …

Introduction Reasons for drug shortages are multi-factorial, and patients are greatly injured.
So we needed to reduce the frequency and risk of drug shortages in hospitals. At present …

South Korea has adopted a unique approach to address drug shortages by increasing
reimbursement prices within its National Health Insurance Service. This study aims to …

Although efforts have been made in the last decade in Canada to monitor and report on drug
shortages, 12 little has been done to ensure that people in Canada have access to critical …