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Supply disruptions increased for drugs with and without reports at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic

Supply disruptions increased for drugs with and without reports at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Most phenylephrine products are coformulated with antihistamines or antitussives.

But reformulation of products containing OTC 'decongestant' could affect the supply chain

A wave of drug supply chain problems would occur if the FDA pulled cough and cold medications containing the active ingredient phenylephrine from shelves; lawmakers in 19 states are considering bills allowing medically assisted death; tuberculosis awareness is lagging as state and local health departments lack the resources to keep up with prevention and control efforts.

In the event of administrative removal of these products, clinicians and consumers could substitute oral pseudoephedrine or intranasal decongestants such as phenylephrine or oxymetazoline, the authors say.

The government has launched a higher-accuracy voice analysis model aimed at curbing rampant voice phishing scams and other voice-based crimes and plans to share the technology with foreign investigative bodies, a senior interior ministry official said Thursday.

The government has launched a higher-accuracy voice analysis model aimed at curbing rampant voice phishing scams and other voice-based crimes and plans to share the technology with foreign investigative bodies, a senior interior ministry official said Thursday. South Korea sees more than 20,000 cases of voice phishing scams every year, wrecking damage worth about 700 billion won (US$537.6 million). A total of more th...

email article The last decade saw middle-income countries enjoying improved access to cardiovascular medications, but they remain far from closing the considerable gap with richer countries. Cardiovascular drug sales grew about 10 times faster from 2008 to 2018 in middle-income countries than in high-income countries (annual growth rate 9.96% vs 0.98%), according to a large pharmaceutical sales database probed by Esther Chan, PhD, of the University of Hong Kong, and colleagues. As a resul...