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A chemo shortage is headed for America. India just showed us why

washingtonexaminer.com · 10d

A chemo shortage is headed for America. India just showed us why

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This summer, cancer patients in India discovered that a chemotherapy shortage can begin far from a pharmaceutical factory, with a disruption in the supply of a metal. Cisplatin and carboplatin are decades-old generic drugs that remain a backbone of chemotherapy for many cancers. Both depend on platinum. When platinum prices more than doubled, Indian manufacturers […]

First report: Another Severe Chemo Shortage: Why Is the US So Vulnerable? medscape.com, 11d

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