Drug Shortages | Additional News and Information
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News
- Drug Shortage Assistance Award
- October 31, 2023: Temporary Importation available for Physostigmine Injection
- Dear Customer Letter: Inventory Management Update for Pfizer Hospital Rocky Mount Products (8-24-2023) (PDF - 222 KB)
- Dear Customer Letter: Inventory Management Update for Pfizer Hospital Rocky Mount Product (8-3-2023)
- August 1, 2023: FDA Actions to Address Shortages in Prescription Stimulants
- July 21, 2023, Pfizer Customer Letter: Update to Pfizer Hospital U.S. Customers on the Impact of the Rocky Mount Tornado (PDF - 244 KB)
- Non-Compliance with Notification Requirement
Reports to Congress
- Eleventh Annual Report on Drug Shortages For Calendar Year 2023 (PDF - 528 KB)
- Tenth Annual Report on Drug Shortages for Calendar Year 2022 (PDF - 677 KB)
- Ninth Annual Report on Drug Shortages for Calendar Year 2021 (PDF - 462 KB)
- Eighth Annual Report on Drug Shortages for Calendar Year 2020 (PDF - 204 KB)
- Seventh Annual Report on Drug Shortages for Calendar Year 2019 (PDF - 279 KB)
- Sixth Annual Report on Drug Shortages for Calendar Year 2018 (PDF - 400 KB)
- Fifth Annual Report on Drug Shortages for Calendar Year 2017 (PDF - 7 MB)
- Fourth Annual Report on Drug Shortages for Calendar Year 2016 (PDF - 5 MB)
- Third Annual Report on Drug Shortages for Calendar Year 2015 (PDF - 268 KB)
- Second Annual Report on Drug Shortages for Calendar Year 2014 (FDA Archive)
- First Annual Report on Drug Shortages for Calendar Year 2013 (FDA Archive)
Resources
- General Drug Shortages Questions and Answers
- Managing Drug Shortages
- FDA Drug Shortages RSS Feed (XML - 58 KB)
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
Strategic Plan, Policies, and Executive Order
- Strategic Plan for Preventing and Mitigating Drug Shortages (PDF - 381 KB)
- Drug Shortage Manual of Policies and Procedures (MaPP) (PDF - 1 MB)
- Executive Order -- Reducing Prescription Drug Shortages
Additional Information
- Economic Analysis of the Causes of Drug Shortages (HHS)
- CBER-Regulated Products: Shortages and Discontinuations
- Animal Drug Shortage Information
This page contains up-to-date information on potential, current, and resolved shortages of animal drugs.