FDA acts to improve medical providers access to needed drug therapies

The ability of the medical community to effectively treat a patient with a prescribed drug is dependent upon the available supply of the medication.  When a hospital or clinic do not have a medication for treatment it is called a drug shortage. The supply is depleted, causing patients in the
service area to go without the benefit the medication could have delivered.

The (FDA) Food and Drug Administration has proposed two new rules on October 31, 2013 to help prevent drug supply shortages.  Rule one involves implementing a strategic plan to coordinate an organized approach to reported drug shortages.  This means:

A. Immediately assess the drug manufacturers reported shortage

B. Immediately contact alternative drug manufacturers capable of filling the shortage

C. Speed up the process to certify a drug manufacturers site to help prevent an approaching shortage.

The second FDA proposed rule requires all drug manufacturers to notify the FDA of permanent discontinuance or a temporary interruption of manufacturing likely to disrupt their supply.  This is early reporting to head off a shortage.

This is an important concept with the aging population and the increased number of insured consumers using the service a medical provider can offer.  The FDA is acting to facilitate regulation that supports the private drug manufacturing industry to better serve the prescribing provider and the patient.  Home Care Path encourages readers to follow this issue as it unfolds in the next year.

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