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WJR-AM - Detroit, MI
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WJR 3/25/2024 6:34:27 AM: .../clean energy now w jr healthwatch here's d***** haefner as majority of medical drugs come from manufacturers in china and india is that why there are so many drug shortages dr susan davis is associate dean of pharmacy at wayne state university how is quality the tract especially for the offshore product it isn't consistently tracked there's not a single place for us to go a single public data source for us to go and say here's where the problems have been quality problems shutting down drug making facilities is a major cause of drug shortages but supply chain problems are complicated even for simple generic drugs here's how it works just starting up production of a drug can take weeks so another manufacturer might be interested in starting up production of a drug that's in shortage but implementing that process takes at least weeks so those shortages can linger the impacts of drug shortages are unequal you've got some communities in the country that don't have a major a chain pharmacy or a large help is that they're served by independent pharmacies small clinics may not have a hospital those places do not necessarily have the same resources to work with health wholesalers they may have to pay penalties to use secondary sources are more likely than others to get what they need someone has to make a medication decision about who gets the drug if there's drug available someone has to decide who gets what it is and that alone can create inequity i'm jake hafner for w jr join kelly cobb and jared scorup along with special guests as they tackle the issues michigan residents are thinking about on the mackinaw on michigan radio show this wednesday night at 7 pm they take a deep dive on the issues that affect every resident and business owner in the state what will you need to know find out On the Macon on michigan show this Wednesday at 7 p.m. the Macon on michigan show is presented by the Frank Beckman center for journalism and the Mac in awe Center for public policy. There are too many sure things in life but power outages seemed to be one of them. They use Mark like many of her neighbors who called Brecher electric for Briggs & Stratton hohow standby generator permanently installed it will automatically kick on the power your home in the event of a power outage that weather and power outages are sure thing Fortunately so is Briggs & Stratton contact Brecher electric. For a free estimate on a whole House generator and for all of your electrical contractor needs the sort of said ...
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