By Gilles Olagner, Professor of Pharmacy (University of Lyon), President of the Entretiens de Galien, and Florence Durupy, Pharmacist, Vice-President of the Entretiens de Galien.
For more than fifteen years, the medicines circle has been hit by numerous shortages in France and around the world, which are now extending to medical devices. This shortage affects about 500 products each year, lasting an average of thirty days. That’s almost 10% of regularly used drugs. These are often old products that have well-established therapeutic uses and are considered a major investment (antibiotics, anticancer drugs, etc.). The consequences of shortages for patients are very diverse and depend on the more or less essential nature of the medication, the severity of the pathology, the patient’s own characteristics, the duration of unavailability and the possible consequences of treatment.
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Source: Le Figaro
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