THE International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) has released a new report investigating some of the systems used to report medicines shortages around the world, with a focus on Australia, Canada, Netherlands, Slovakia, South Africa and the USA.
The eight different medicine shortages reporting systems are reviewed, and features such as the scope of the shortages listed, the criteria applied (such as the predicted duration of a shortage) and the sources of information used, are compared.
"Medicines shortages are putting safety and lives at risk," said Andy Gray, co-editor of the report.
"This report aims to guide the development or improvement of reporting systems through the sharing of best practices."
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