Drug Shortages

The prevention of drug shortages is critically important to public health. As a not-for-profit global organization with both industry and regulatory members in 90 countries, ISPE is uniquely positioned to facilitate...
News & Press Releases
09 January 2017
Working with The Pew Charitable Trusts (Pew), the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) today released the results of a joint study, Drug Shortages: An Exploration of the Relationship between U.S. Market Forces and Sterile...
News & Press Releases
08 June 2016
(Bethesda, Maryland, USA, 8 June 2016) – The International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) recognized 2016 category winners Baxter BioPharma Solutions and Jannsen Vaccines AG for their exceptional leadership in Drug Shortage Prevention...
News & Press Releases
04 May 2015
This week at the ISPE Annual European Conference in Frankfurt, Germany, the society will discuss the Drug Shortage Prevention Gap Analysis Tool which is being developed by the ISPE Drug Shortages Task Team to aid manufacturers in locating gaps in...
News & Press Releases
15 October 2014
ISPE released its Drug Shortages Prevention Plan yesterday during 2014 Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada. Regulators from the European Medicines Agency (EMA), the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the Medicines and Healthcare Products...
News & Press Releases
12 June 2013
ISPE Report Reveals Key Aspects of Organizational Leadership and Regulatory Interaction Can be Instrumental in Mitigating these Issues to Avoid Shortages Issues within the quality systems of manufacturing were identified as the leading cause of drug...