It lists many of the potential problems which can have an impact on the supply chain, including IT failure, stockpiling of drugs by speculators, changes in regulation and sudden outbreaks of disease. R4: Turner @rpharms says that although the NHS pricing system keeps costs medicine costs low, "when it does go wrong, it can make things a bit more difficult for us to fix as we see shortages in the system", R4: @HDAMartinSawer says "the majority of medicines maybe 70 to 80% of medicines will at some point have come into the UK, usually via another part of the EU". File on 4 has seen a leaked 24-page document circulated to doctors last week from the medicine supply team at the Department of Health and Social Care. Sourcing active ingredients from China and India is nothing new, after all. The Food and Drug Regulations require drug sellers to report when they are not able to meet demand for a product or when they stop selling a product. 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Chronic drug shortages that threaten patient care are caused by rock-bottom prices for older generic medicines and a health care marketplace that doesn’t run on the rules of supply and … C+D has been sharing some unpublished information from its shortages investigation with BBC producers over the last month. PM Giuseppe Conte targets public gatherings, hospitality and recreation "to avoid a new lockdown". That means manufacturing certain drugs requires significant expertise and knowledge of relevant local regulation. "It's not the same with epilepsy drugs. This is to update and consolidate the extended use date information posted previously to assist with drug shortage (6/15/17 to present). A recent BBC  Radio File on 4 programme highlighted the worsening drug shortage problem in the UK . Company number 03295525. She was also at risk of death or serious injury because she could hit her head while falling during a fit, and needed round-the-clock care, either from her elderly mother Pam or her 20-year old daughter Lily. When I first met her in early October, Michele had already become used to eking out her tablets, taking just one a day instead of the two she'd been prescribed, because her pharmacist had run short. What medicines are you struggling to source? The market is considered covered when supply … More simply, this consolidation inevitably reduces the supply base – indeed in some cases M&A is specifically designed to reduce competition, decreasing the number of drugs available for particular conditions and increasing dependency on those that remain. File on 4. Access the latest and most popular news. "I don't understand why I can't get my drug. Pharmaceuticals policy, This episode is related to That suggests a lack of awareness even among those directly involved. 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