market access & health policy: Drug Shortage

Linkedin Drug Shortage: Pharmaceutical Analyst Predicts Continuing Worsening Situation. Media reports on the deteriorating supply crisis in the pharmaceutical market are increasing. Pharmacies no longer have many drugs, particularly generics, in stock. Another 300 are extremely scarce, including common ones such as blood pressure reducers, fever syrups for children, and many cancer therapy drugs (for […]

Tagesspiegel Background: The Drug Crisis Will Worsen

Linkedin Tagesspiegel Background: The Drug Crisis Will Worsen Generics provide at least 95% of the pharmacological basic utility. However, now massive supply bottlenecks are threatening, because manufacturers are shutting down production, writes Jobst Landgrebe, Managing Director of the consulting firm Cognotekt, in the Standpoint. Due to fixed prices and discount contracts, manufacturers could not pass […]