02/09/2009
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"The FDA has been notified about 220 drug shortages this year, and we know that the number of patients this affects is monumental."
"Are there differences in the categories of drugs that are in short supply in other places?"
"For some of these drugs, no substitutes are available."
"Thank you very much, both of you, for your work on all of this. And, Mr. Chairman, thank you for holding this hearing."