{"id":2026174,"date":"2023-09-08T17:31:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T21:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-to-tackle-drug-shortages-as-top-priority-this-term\/"},"modified":"2023-09-08T17:32:32","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T21:32:32","slug":"house-to-tackle-drug-shortages-as-top-priority-this-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-to-tackle-drug-shortages-as-top-priority-this-term\/","title":{"rendered":"Addressing drug shortages is the primary focus for the House this term."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-to-tackle-drug-shortages-as-top-priority-this-term%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2026174&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Tackling Critical Drug Shortages: A Top Priority for the House<\/h2>\n<p>Tackling critical drug shortages will be a top bipartisan priority for the\u2062 House\u2063 in the coming legislative \u200bsession. House Committee on \u2062Energy and Commerce Chairwoman \u200dCathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) announced that\u200c her committee will be holding hearings next week on shortages of pharmaceutical supplies in\u2064 advance of \u200creviewing five\u2062 pieces of legislation to\u200d address the crisis looming over the healthcare sector.<\/p>\n<h3>Addressing the Root Causes of Drug Shortages<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Cancer patients in need of lifesaving treatments have been rocked by shortages in generic medicines driven, in large\u200c part, by economic issues and government policies. \u2063Addressing\u2063 the root causes of these shortages will \u2063require a multifaceted approach,&#8221; Rodgers and Subcommittee on Health Chairman Brett Guthrie (R-KY) said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Food and \u200bDrug Administration regularly updates its drug shortage list, which now lists 136 medications or medical supplies in short supply. This includes various cancer drugs, such as methotrexate; antibiotics, such\u200b as penicillin and clindamycin; pain medications, such\u200c as morphine and lidocaine; and cardiac\u2062 medication, such as atropine and digoxin.<\/p>\n<p>Sterile water for wound\u2064 irrigation, sodium chloride for IV fluids, \u200cand dextrose for blood sugar stabilization are also facing \u200csupply shortages.<\/p>\n<p>In May, \u200cthe FDA responded to an inquiry\u200b letter from\u2063 the committee, saying that one of its primary\u2062 problems in monitoring the supply chain of \u200bpharmaceuticals \u200bis the lack of available data, with only\u200b 44%\u2064 of registered establishments that are supposed to report to the agency doing so consistently.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;FDA cannot, nor should it be in FDA&#8217;s remit to, require a pharmaceutical\u200d company to\u200d make a drug or make more of a drug,&#8221; Kimberlee Trzeciak, the FDA&#8217;s associate commissioner for legislative affairs, wrote. &#8220;The Agency&#8217;s\u200d core efforts on \u2064drug shortages\u200b revolves around working with drug manufacturers when we know there is a drug shortage or potential [for one] to identify the cause and extent of the shortage [and find a solution.]&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In late August, 11 Republican governors\u200d sent a letter to bipartisan leadership in the House\u200c and Senate demanding that Congress take action at the federal level, particularly with respect to transparency from the FDA.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;States are taking what limited action we can to combat prescription drug shortages [but] to create real change, the\u2064 states need Washington to take action,&#8221; Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) wrote.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Legislation Under Consideration<\/h2>\n<p>Here are details on the piece of legislation under consideration by the committee this term to address those concerns:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Stop Drug \u200dShortages Act:<\/strong> Sponsored by Rodgers, the Stop Drug\u200d Shortages Act \u200dwould supply a variety of possible avenues for reform from\u2062 a supply-side market\u200d perspective. The bill \u2062is meant to reform several provision of Medicare and Medicaid pricing for pharmaceutical products, exempting generic \u2064injectables from federal subsidy programs. Rodgers&#8217;s bill would also provide an enforcement \u200cmechanism for the\u2064 secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-to-tackle-drug-shortages-as-top-priority-this-term\/\" title=\"Addressing drug shortages is the primary focus for the House this term.\">enforce existing regulations requiring manufacturers<\/a> \u2064to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/record-inflation-and-95-of-manufacturers-report-supply-chain-disruptions-in-kansas-city-fed-survey\/\" title=\"Record Inflation and 95% of Manufacturers Report Supply Chain Disruptions in Kansas City Fed Survey\">report supply chain disruptions<\/a>. Additionally, the\u200d bill aims to incentivize greater domestic pharmaceutical manufacturing.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Drug Shortage Prevention Act (HR 3008):<\/strong> Sponsored by Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-CA), HR 3008 would require manufacturers to report interruptions in production anticipated changes in demand for lifesaving pharmaceutical products, which \u200care defined\u200c as those &#8220;intended for use in \u200cthe prevention or treatment\u200d of a debilitating disease or condition\u200c in humans or animals, including any such drug used\u200b in emergency medical care or during surgery or any \u200dsuch drug that is\u2064 critical to the public health during a public health emergency.&#8221; Manufacturers would need to\u200c report to the \u200dFDA within six months of experiencing a disruption.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Drug Origin \u200dTransparency Act (HR 3810):<\/strong> Sponsored by\u200d Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA), HR 3810 seeks to identify clearly on labeling the suppliers\u2064 of pharmaceutical ingredients \u2062and better identify processes of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-biden-to-announce-multi-trillion-american-jobs-plan-in-first-address-to-congress\/\" title=\"President Biden To Announce Multi-Trillion \u2018American Jobs Plan\u2019 In First Address To Congress\">manufacturing supply chain<\/a> for medications.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ensuring Access to Lifesaving Drugs Act (HR 3793):<\/strong> Sponsored by\u2063 Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), HR 3793 \u200dwould enable better data\u2064 collection on pharmaceutical production from the HHS secretary\u200b and would \u200dextend expiration dates for lifesaving medications\u200d and products. Products that \u2063would fall under\u200b this category\u2062 include those that are defined as life-saving in \u200bHR 3008.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Patient Access to Urgent-Use Pharmacy Compounding Act (HR \u200d167):<\/strong> Sponsored by Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-VA), HR 167 relaxes requirements\u2064 for compounding drugs \u2014 or the process by which a pharmacist or physician can\u2064 combined pharmaceutical ingredients to make medication. Although the practice is strictly regulated by the FDA, this \u200bbill would allow for pharmacists and physicians without specific FDA clearance to engage in compounding if they have made reasonable attempts to fill\u2064 prescriptions. The act would also require that physicians or pharmacists keep and report accurate records of compounded\u2063 drugs as well as stipulate on \u200cprescription labeling that the medication is not made by the manufacturer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">here<\/a> to \u200bread more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Critical drug shortages are a key bipartisan concern for the House. Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce stated that hearings will be held next week to address pharmaceutical supply shortages. 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