Drug Shortages Briefing

From the "FDA Progress on Drug Shortages" briefing held on February 21, 2012. Participants included: FDA Commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D.; Sandra Kweder, M.D. (FDA); Sara Stuckey, mother of Nate; Len Lichtenfeld, MD, American Cancer Society; F. Michael (Mike) Ball, Hospira; Peter C. Adamson, MD, Chair, Children's Oncology Group; Mitchell L. Ehrlich, Vice President, Quality, I.V. Drugs - Operations, USA and Portugal, Fresenius Kabi USA (parent company for APP Pharmaceuticals; Michael Link, M.D., President, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).

For more information on this event, see the press release: www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnn ouncements/ucm292....

Additional resources on drug shortages can be found here: www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/DrugShortag es/default.htm.