Generic oncology drug supply and shortage mitigation
Keeping cheap, essential chemotherapy drugs like cisplatin available; shortages in 2023 forced rationing in US hospitals.
Sterile injectable generics (platinums, 5-FU, methotrexate) have thin margins and few manufacturers; the 2023 cisplatin/carboplatin shortage followed an FDA import alert on Intas. Responses: temporary imports (Qilu), Civica Rx and Phlow non-profit manufacturing, the White House/HHS supply-chain resilience programme, and FDA's Drug Shortage Task Force. Europe's Critical Medicines Act (2025) targets similar risks.
How it works
Redundant qualified sources, strategic reserves, and pricing floors to keep low-margin essential drugs in production.
- Policy attention since 2023
- Economics still unfavourable
- Quality problems at concentrated sites recur
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