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> When Hurricane Maria took out pharmaceutical plants in Puerto Rico there were severe drug shortages And this included something as simple as saline.
by erentz 8y ago
> When Hurricane Maria took out pharmaceutical plants in Puerto Rico there were severe drug shortages
And this included something as simple as saline.
- RugnirViking 8y agoWhat prevents hospitals from producing their own saline? Is it really that difficult to produce?
- freeflight 8y agoThe same reasons why hospitals don't produce their own medical supplies period? A hospital is a hospital and specialized in doing what hospitals do: Treating patients. Manufacturing IV solutions is something that requires a clean room laboratory, with its own set of stringent requirements and doing it cost-efficient means doing it at scale.
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- Animats 8y agoThat's happening.[1][2] A group of big hospitals is creating their own generic drug company to supply routine items at better prices. [1] https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/09/06/644935958/hospitals-prepare-to-launch-their-own-drug-company-to-fight-high-prices-and-shor https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/09/06/6449359... [2] https://civicarx.org https://civicarx.org
- HarryHirsch 8y agoThey are only forming a purchasing consortium to get in front of the line of other buyers or force bulk discounts. If they don't want to build production capacity themselves they could purchase an existing facility, but they don't.
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- masonic 8y agoThere was actually a story arc about this specific concept in the TV series, "The Resident."