What Price Triggers A Shortage? Part 3

What Price Triggers A Shortage? Part 3

Charles Joynson, WaveData MD, has conducted some indepth analysis to try to identify early warning signs of generic shortages. Here’s the third and final instalment In the first part of this series we looked at Losartan Tabs 12.5mg 28 and at the four shortages...
What Price Triggers a Shortage? Part 2

What Price Triggers a Shortage? Part 2

Charles Joynson, WaveData MD, has conducted some indepth analysis to try to identify early warning signs of generic shortages. Here’s the second instalment In the first instalment of this series, we looked at Losartan Tabs 12.5mg 28 and at the four shortages of...
What Price Triggers A Shortage?

What Price Triggers A Shortage?

Charles Joynson, WaveData MD, has conducted some indepth analysis to try to identify early warning signs of generic shortages. Here’s the first instalment. Over the last few years, WaveData has repeatedly analysed shortages and concessions, trying to find links...
Why is there a shortage of Clarithromycin?

Why is there a shortage of Clarithromycin?

Dr. Leyla Hannbeck, Chief Executive of the Independent Pharmacies Association, has reported that pharmacies are completely out of stock of Clarithromycin. This antibiotic is used to treat children with whooping cough and pharmacies are now having to turn patients away...
How to create a shortage…….

How to create a shortage…….

We were chatting about shortages with some peers last week at the HDA conference.  This got us playing devil’s advocate, how would we create a shortage? Firstly, we’d cut the reimbursement price of a commonly used generic product to a fraction of its...