Tag: drug shortages
Pricing Pressure and Shortages: How Manufacturers Are Struggling to Stay Afloat in 2025
Pricing pressure and supply chain disruptions in 2025 are pushing generic drug manufacturers to the brink, causing widespread shortages of essential medicines. Patients and providers are feeling the strain as profits vanish and production stops.
How COVID-19 Caused Drug Shortages and Changed Access to Medications
The COVID-19 pandemic caused widespread drug shortages and made illegal drug markets more deadly. Essential medications vanished early on, while fentanyl-laced street drugs drove overdose deaths to record highs. Even as supplies recovered, access to treatment remained unequal.