After nearly two years, federal regulators announced the shortage of the active ingredient in Mounjaro and Zepbound has been resolved. Tirzepatide, the active ingredient in the diabetes and obesity medications Mounjaro and Zepbound, was declared in shortage in December 2022. The shortage has been attributed to increased demand as interest in GLP-1 medications has soared. […]
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The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has allowed an increase in Vyvanse production of around 24 percent to help with the ADHD drug shortage nationwide. The DEA greenlighted the spike in production following a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) request, according to a notice first reported by Bloomberg News. The FDA’s request came in July. […]
The American Red Cross’s national blood inventory dropped by more than 25 percent in July, driven in part by extreme heat throughout the country, the organization announced Monday. The organization now faces an emergency blood shortage as nearly 100 blood drives — in almost every state the Red Cross operates — have faced heat-related challenges […]
All doses of Eli Lilly’s weight loss drugs Zepbound and Mounjaro are available in the U.S. after more than a year of being in shortage, according to the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) medication shortage database. Until Friday, at least four dosages of Mounjaro and Zepbound had been listed on FDA’s website as in shortage […]
While Dr McConkey works with children, he said he is also aware of the impact of the shortages on adults. “I’ve heard of some adults asking their bosses to make reasonable adaptations because of the fact they aren’t having access to medication and in some cases those people have lost their jobs,” he said. “So […]
The weight loss medication Zepbound has gone into shortage just months after it was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), with its manufacturer Eli Lilly blaming the situation on high demand. As of this week, most tirzepatide injections (sold commercially as Mounjaro and Zepbound) have limited availability, according to the FDA’s shortage database. […]
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will temporarily allow the importation of a form of penicillin used to treat syphilis amid a nationwide shortage of the drug. The agency said it is working with French company Laboratoires Delbert to import benzathine penicillin G, according to a letter posted on its website. Benzathine penicillin G […]
The American Red Cross sounded the alarm Sunday over a severe blood shortage facing the U.S. as the number of donors dropped to the lowest levels in two decades. The Red Cross said in an announcement that the number of people donating blood in the U.S. dropped 40 percent over the last 20 years, which can majorly […]