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A severe shortage of drugs for chemotherapy, infections and other serious ailments is endangering patients and forcing hospitals to buy lifesaving medications from secondary suppliers at huge markups because they can't get them any other way.
A drug for dangerously high blood pressure, normally priced at $25.90 per dose, offered to hospitals for $1,200. Fifteen deaths in 15 months blamed on shortages of life-saving medications.
A severe shortage of drugs for chemotherapy, infections and other serious ailments is endangering patients and forcing hospitals to buy life-saving medications from secondary suppliers at huge markups because they can't get them any other way.
A drug for dangerously high blood pressure, normally priced at $25.90 per dose, offered to hospitals for $1,200. Fifteen deaths in 15 months blamed on shortages of life-saving medications.
The drugs may be stolen and hospitals can't always tell whether a medicine was properly refrigerated, as required for many injectable drugs, or whether it's past the expiration date, said Michael R. Cohen, a pharmacist and president of the institute.
The drugs may be stolen and hospitals can't always tell whether a medicine was properly refrigerated _ as required for many injectable drugs _ or whether it's past the expiration date, said Michael R. Cohen, a pharmacist and president of the institute.
