Hospitals in regions experiencing a surge of coronavirus patients are struggling to maintain supplies of antibiotics, antivirals and sedatives required for patients on ventilators, and other drugs produced in countries where the pandemic has halted or curbed manufacturing.
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Spikes in demand from coronavirus patients are creating shortages of asthma drugs and sedatives for ventilator patients
With the surge in patients, the FDA is racing to respond but has big blind spots in the global supply chain
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April 12, 2020 at 1:53 p.m. EDT