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Drug shortages push federal government to seek new suppliers

from Winnipeg Free Press

Drug shortages push federal government to seek new suppliers Winnipeg Free Press Drug shortages in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic have prompted the federal government to search for new ways to shore up Canada’s supply of much-needed medications used for patients on ventilators. Seeing a global spike in demand for medications used to care for COVID-19 patients in Canada, the federal government recently renewed calls to drug companies, asking for detailed inventory information about high-demand pharmaceuticals in an attempt to allow for exceptional imports to Canada. Doing so could allow manufacturers to obtain special approval to bring into Canada medications that were labelled for use in other countries. READ MORE

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