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hoping to resolve the growing number of critical shortages of vital medicines used to
treat life-threatening illnesses, the New York Times reported October 31. It instructs
the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to do three things: broaden reporting of
potential shortages of certain prescription drugs; speed reviews of applications to begin
or alter production of these drugs; and provide more information to the Justice
Department about possible instances of collusion or price gouging. The administration
also released two government reports that mostly blame a dysfunctional marketplace
for drug shortages, directly contradicting assertions by some commentators that
government rules are to blame. Just five large hospital buying groups purchase nearly
90 percent of the needed medicines, and only seven companies manufacture the vast
majority of supply. The generic drug industry also recently agreed to provide the FDA
with nearly $300 million annually to bolster inspections and speed drug applications.
The administration will also send letters to manufacturers reminding them of their legal
responsibility to report pending supply disruptions of certain drugs, and to encourage
them to notify the drug agency of events that could possibly lead to disruptions even
when not required to do so.
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electricity or heat October 31 after an early-season storm dumped as much as 30 inches
of wet, heavy snow that snapped trees and power lines, closed hundreds of schools, and
disrupted plans for Halloween trick-or-treating in Hartford, Connecticut. Communities
from Maryland to Maine that suffered through a tough winter last year followed by a
series of floods and storms went into now-familiar emergency mode as roads closed,
shelters opened, and regional transit was suspended or delayed. The storm's lingering
effects, including power failures and hundreds of closed schools, will probably outlast
the snow. Temperatures were expected to begin rising and melting the snow, October
31, the National Weather Service said.
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