Generic Drug Shortages Threaten Industry’s Reputation, Hamburg Cautions
Executive Summary
“We do have to acknowledge some important, though sometimes difficult truths,” the FDA Commissioner tells GPhA annual meeting. While noting that shortages are problems for both brand and generic firms alike, she tells ANDA manufacturers that “perceptions are not always fair, but they still matter.”
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