The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is launching a probe into the role of group purchasing organizations (GPOs) and wholesalers in causing shortages of key medicines at American hospitals. The investigation focuses on how these entities contribute to ongoing shortages of critical drugs, including chemotherapies, and examines their contracting practices. The FTC's inquiry, in collaboration with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), aims to address concerns raised by the pharmaceutical industry regarding the impact of GPOs on the availability of generic drugs.
The FTC is launching a probe into the extent to which group purchasing organizations and wholesalers may contribute to ongoing shortages of key medicines at hospitals and other facilities across the country. https://t.co/FAWxSIfkip
Drug shortages created by anti-competitive tactics by Group Purchasing Organizations are a real threat to patient health and well-being. @linakhanFTC is right to investigate. Here is a piece I wrote last year. https://t.co/pY4cFn0bg8
FTC has been all over the map, but an investigation into GPOs and drug shortages is long overdue. #patientsrising https://t.co/sPGinRdTsj
FTC probing middlemen's role in drug shortages https://t.co/lTAyEVcAOX
F.T.C. and H.H.S. Launch Inquiry Into Generic Drug Shortages and Supply Chain Tactics https://t.co/QU0LPYi8gz
The F.T.C. and H.H.S. are examining the tactics of group purchasing organizations that generic industry executives say have led to scarce supplies of treatments like chemotherapy. https://t.co/v94fhJubSq
For your drug shortage radar ... #pinksheet #pharma: FTC, HHS Probe GPO Contracting Practices As Source Of Generic Drug Shortages https://t.co/1voXeherZE
The U.S. FTC is launching a probe into the extent to which group purchasing organizations and wholesalers may contribute to shortages of key drugs at hospitals. https://t.co/lrkzvcuPWj
HHS and FTC team up to target pharmaceutical middlemen for drug shortages https://t.co/vhLPWtMJ2e https://t.co/vhLPWtMJ2e
Middlemen's role in drug shortages probed by FTC. https://t.co/VQW3K24UuQ #axiosvitals
FTC, HHS Probe GPO Contracting Practices As Source Of Generic Drug Shortages https://t.co/DaUclaal0y #PinkSheet
"launching a probe into recent shortages of chemotherapies and other drugs, examining the role played by companies that help buy and distribute the bulk of medicines sold to U.S. hospitals." Drug Shortages Trigger FTC Probe https://t.co/C7Hrfm3avl
this is interesting - the FTC is looking into key players in medical supplies including generic drugs (which r constantly in shortage): GPOs. They're kind of like PBMs (in that they're middlemen), and they r VERY impt in helping set prices https://t.co/AaPjghZqMh via @statnews
The FTC is launching a probe into how group purchasing organizations and wholesalers may contribute to ongoing shortages of key medicines at U.S. hospitals and other facilities. https://t.co/BAr6fOC9P6