2.20.2011

Government wants prescription meds to be safe and that constitutes a crackdown?

Drug shortages: Quality issues at plants, new rules triggering hospital problems - chicagotribune.com

Hospitals across the country are running out of key drugs used in surgeries and to treat some diseases, including cancer, causing doctors to turn to older treatments....

Part of the shortage is being caused by manufacturing issues and quality-control problems at a number of companies that include Lake Forest-based Hospira Inc., one of the primary makers of generic injectable prescription medicines, as they respond to the federal government's crackdown on drug safety.

(Emphasis mine.)

Seriously?

 

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