Coronavirus could lead to drug shortages in US

The recent coronavirus outbreak has revealed vulnerabilities in supply chains that deliver drugs to the U.S.

President Trump’s Coronavirus response highlights a flawed drug pricing system

The US has its first novel coronavirus-related drug shortage

The United States has its first novel coronavirus-related drug shortage, according to the US Food and Drug Administration. The maker of an unnamed drug that has recently been added to the FDA Drug Shortages list told the agency that the shortage is due to the novel coronavirus.

U.S. has its first novel coronavirus-related drug shortage; 20 drugs source ingredients from or in China

The United States has its first novel coronavirus-related drug shortage, according to the US Food and Drug Administration. The maker of an unnamed drug that has recently been added to the FDA Drug Shortages list told the agency that the shortage is due to the novel coronavirus. On Tuesday, the FDA warned that these types of shortages could happen, and said it was monitoring the situation closely. The agency identified 20 drugs that either solely...

FDA reports 1st drug shortage due to coronavirus outbreak

The FDA announced it's been alerted to the first manufacturing shortage of an unnamed drug, due to a viral outbreak that began in China and has now reached American soil.

Coronavirus Drug Bets May Be Hazardous to Your Wealth

Betting on a treatment for Covid-19 isn’t likely to be a cure-all for investor portfolios.

FDA Identifies First Drug Shortage Blamed on Coronavirus—but Won’t Name the Drug

The agency says patients can use alternatives while it works with manufacturers to mitigate the situation

Clinical testing underway for coronavirus drug developed by Foster City company

Clinical testing underway for coronavirus drug developed by Foster City company

First U.S. clinical trial of investigational drug to treat coronavirus underway

China slaps down local biotech over claims it could produce Gilead’s experimental coronavirus drug

First Drug Shortage Caused by Coronavirus F.D.A. Says

Coronavirus Outbreak Will Lead To More Drug Shortages In The U.S. Including Antibiotics

Coronavirus lab tests at CDC may be contaminated as Trump challenges drug companies to combat outbreak

Later this week, Congress is expected to take up a $6 to $8 billion package in emergency spending to help fight the coronavirus. This comes as President Trump says travel restrictions and quarantines have helped contain the spread. Paula Reid reports.

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Trump Administration Says Drug Makers Will Work Together to Combat Coronavirus

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Indian Authorities Cut Some Drug Exports

Indian authorities limited the export of a list of pharmaceutical ingredients and drugs made from those ingredients, a further signal of the enormous disruption that the outbreak of the new coronavirus is having on the drug supply chain.

Global supplier India curbs drug exports as coronavirus fears grow

BENGALURU/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India, the world's main supplier of generic drugs, has restricted the export of 26 pharmaceutical ingredients and the medicines made from them, including Paracetamol, a common pain reliever also sold as acetaminophen, as the coronavirus outbreak plays havoc with supply

There Is A Drug Already Used In Japan Which May Treat COVID-19 Says New Study

A group of scientists in Germany have identified a drug which may work to combat COVID-19, the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus sweeping the globe.

Coronavirus: Drug shortage fears as India limits exports

It comes as the outbreak has kept many Chinese pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturers shut.

China Approves Use of Roche Arthritis Drug for Coronavirus Patients

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Takeda working on coronavirus drug says to make announcement on Wednesday

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co said on Wednesday it is working on a drug that is aimed...

Drugmaker Takeda Is Working on Coronavirus Drug

The Japanese drugmaker says it is trying to develop a drug to treat people infected with the novel coronavirus or at high risk of contracting it.

Best Life: Coronavirus and the flu - New drug may be medicine’s next big thing?

Last year, 34,000 people died of the flu. This year’s flu season isn’t over, but it is on course to be one of the worst in a decade.

China approves use of Roche drug in battle against coronavirus complications

BEIJING/ZURICH — China has approved the use of Swiss drugmaker Roche’s anti-inflammation drug Actemra for patients who develop severe complications from the coronavirus as it urgently h…

Japan's Takeda Pharma says it is developing coronavirus drug

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co said on Wednesday it was developing a drug for high-risk patients infected with the new coronavirus, joining several other drugmakers seeking to develop a treatment for an illness that has killed over 3,000 people. The Japanese firm said it was working on a plasma-derived therapy

Drug shortages likely from India China as coronavirus spreads

The global spread of the coronavirus has started to affect the supply of antibiotics and vitamins out of India and China.

HIV drug successfully treats coronavirus patient in Spain

Doctors said such drugs are also being trialled elsewhere but it is too soon to say whether it could be used to treat other patients with Covid-19.

Europe Could Face More Drug Shortages as Coronavirus Squeezes Supplies

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Coronavirus patient in Spain reportedly recovers after being treated with HIV drug

A 62-year-old man who became Spain’s first coronavirus patient is believed to have made a full recovery after being treated with an HIV drug, according to a report. Miguel Ángel Benítez was hospita…

Coronavirus patient 62 is ‘successfully treated’ with HIV drug in Spain in fresh hope for a cure

A SPANISH coronavirus patient has recovered after being treated with an HIV and multiple sclerosis drug. Miguel Angel Benitez, 62, made a full recovery at the Virgen del Rocio Hospital in Seville a…