As the amox­i­cillin short­age drags on, sev­er­al sen­a­tors pres­sure FDA and HHS for so­lu­tions

With the US star­ing down sev­er­al drug short­ages this year, one in par­tic­u­lar is now catch­ing law­mak­ers’ at­ten­tion.

A bi­par­ti­san group of sen­a­tors sent a let­ter to HHS Sec­re­tary Xavier Be­cer­ra and FDA com­mis­sion­er Robert Califf ex­press­ing “strong con­cern” about the amox­i­cillin short­age for pa­tients and gen­er­al pub­lic health. Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Sher­rod Brown (D-OH), Ed Markey (D-MA) and Bill Cas­sidy (R-LA) are push­ing for FDA and HHS to start work­ing more force­ful­ly to ad­dress the amox­i­cillin short­age along with the oth­er drug short­ages.

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