FDA and drug manufacturers have alleviated a critical shortage of the widely used cancer drug methotrexate by identifying new international sources of active pharmaceutical ingredients, but the potential risks of using foreign API makers just a few years after the tainted heparin scandal cannot be far from anyone’s thoughts.
Foreign API Manufacturers Help Ease Methotrexate Shortage
Generic drug manufacturers needed to find additional manufacturers of active pharmaceutical ingredients to fill a gap in production of the vital cancer drug methotrexate.
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