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Drug Shortage Assistance Award
	October 31, 2023: Temporary Importation available for Physostigmine Injection
	Dear Customer Letter: Inventory Management Update for Pfizer Hospital Rocky Mount Products (8-24-2023) (PDF - 222 KB)
	Dear Customer Letter: Inventory Management Update for Pfizer Hospital Rocky Mount Product (8-3-2023)
	August 1, 2023: FDA Actions to Address Shortages in Prescription Stimulants
	July 21, 2023, Pfizer Customer Letter: Update to Pfizer Hospital U.S. Customers on the Impact of the Rocky Mount Tornado (PDF - 244 KB)
	Non-Compliance with Notification RequirementReports to Congress

Tenth Annual Report on Drug Shortages for Calendar Year 2022 (PDF - 677 KB)
	Ninth Annual Report on Drug Shortages for Calendar Year 2021 (PDF - 462 KB)
	Eighth Annual Report on Drug Shortages for Calendar Year 2020 (PDF - 204 KB)
	Seventh Annual Report on Drug Shortages for Calendar Year 2019 (PDF - 279 KB)
	Sixth Annual Report on Drug Shortages for Calendar Year 2018(PDF - 400 KB)
	Fifth Annual Report on Drug Shortages for Calendar Year 2017 (PDF - 7 MB)
	Fourth Annual Report on Drug Shortages for Calendar Year 2016 (PDF - 5 MB)
	Third Annual Report on Drug Shortages for Calendar Year 2015 (PDF - 268 KB)
	Second Annual Report on Drug Shortages for Calendar Year 2014 (FDA Archive)
	First Annual Report on Drug Shortages for Calendar Year 2013 (FDA Archive)Resources

Drug Shortages Infographic
	Graphic - A Drug Supply Chain Example
	General Drug Shortages Questions and Answers
	Managing Drug Shortages
	FDA Drug Shortages RSS Feed (XML - 58 KB)American Society of Health-System Pharmacists

ASHP: Drug ShortagesStrategic Plan, Policies, and Executive Order

Strategic Plan for Preventing and Mitigating Drug Shortages (PDF - 381 KB)
	Drug Shortage Manual of Policies and Procedures (MaPP) (PDF - 1 MB)
	Executive Order -- Reducing Prescription Drug ShortagesAdditional Information

Economic Analysis of the Causes of Drug Shortages (HHS)
	CBER-Regulated Products: Shortages and Discontinuations
	Animal Drug Shortage Information
	This page contains up-to-date information on potential, current, and resolved shortages of animal drugs.

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