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Pharmacist in the oncology pharmacy prepares Adriamycin (doxorubicin) for cancer patients to take intravenously. Doxorubicin is for all types of cancer.
Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012

Open quoteWe're not out of the woods. But these two particular shortages have been very, very upsetting to patients and to us.Close quote

  • SANDRA KWEDER
  • of the FDA's drug center, on the drug shortages that have threatened the lives of thousands of cancer patients; the problem should be resolved within weeks, federal officials say
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