arstechnica ,
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US drug shortages reach record high with 323 meds now in short supply

The shortages affect everything from generic cancer drugs to ADHD medication.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/04/us-drug-shortages-reach-record-high-with-323-meds-now-in-short-supply/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

JTS ,
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So capitalism itself is the major reason drugs are insanely priced, and also why there aren't others that are available.

attilakinali ,
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@arstechnica So, there are shortages in the US because generic medication has become so cheap it isn't profitable anymore. Yet the US has one of the world's highest medication prices, about 3 times as high as other industrialized countries. But no other country reporting shortages, definitely not at this scale.

Something doesn't add up here.

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