Global shortage of life-saving medication

[The Lawspeaker]

I can't believe they don't make enough to make the supply last. There is some serious negligence going on here.

[Polish phenotypes]

Why don't they make more for the market? I don't understand. Surely this is something that the NHS should prioritise.

Lots of nations need a larger supply... not only the UK... but also the US, Canada, Australia, etc... as there's a global shortage.

I'm not sure how common allergies were in previous eras and if the condition was even recognised and if people were diagnosed. I guess they just died prematurely.

It's like asking how did people survive before the inventions of life support machines, asthma inhalators, diabetic insulin injections, preventative polio vaccinations, high blood pressure medications, etc. Most patients with these medical problems didn't survive;- they just died.

That's why life expectancy is higher today than in previous eras.

I can't believe they don't make enough to make the supply last. There is some serious negligence going on here.

Pzifer and Mylan are the manufacturers.

The peculiarity of epinephrine is that if exposed to light/heat/air the drug can disintegrate and turn yellow/brown-coloured so it must be re-supplied once a year, which is why suppliers did not seek to create reserves of EpiPen. Now that the demand has increased they are working on solutions.

It is very important.