Hashtag Health

Caravans carrying Type I Diabetes patients across borders to buy life-saving drugs. Frantic parents calling pharmacies for EpiPen refills to save their anaphylactic children. With all the news surrounding drug shortages, it sounds like we are heading towards a drug-less, apocalyptic future. But the drugs in the news are everyday medications we buy at local pharmacies; so how can there be sudden shortages? Is this just a case of sensationalized media or are we really in danger of running out of drugs? In this episode, we talk to Dr. Jackie Duffin about the causes of drug shortages and whether we can hold Big Pharma accountable.