According to the FDA, the United States has its first coronavirus related drug shortage. The manufacturer of an unnamed drug which was recently added to the FDA Drug Shortages list to the agency that the shortage is due to the novel cornavirus. The company said the problem is a result of a manufacturing issue of an active ingredient used in the drug.
The FDA warned on Tuesday that drug shortages may happen, and that it was monitoring the situation very closely. The FDA identified 20 drugs heavily reliant on China for active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) or for producing finished drug products.
The coronavirus outbreak and the major affects its having on China is slowly waking up the world to the fact that we’ve become ultra-dependent on China, for 30 years companies have been moving operations to China in an effort to increase profits. Lets hope that companies evolve after this and don’t put all their eggs in one basket.
