Prices and shortages. Medical search. Frequent questions

Our organizations are calling on governments, industry, and other stakeholders to continue working towards developing effective, sustainable solutions to dealing with drug shortages," stated Paula MacNeil, President of the Canadian Pharmacists Association. (pharmacists.ca)

Rising input costs amid supply shortages stressful for Sask. (cbc.ca)
Currently, it only has approval to create the drugs to fill an immediate need amid a shortage. (modernhealthcare.com)
Amid the meat shortage this week, fast-food chain Wendy's removed beef from its menu at some locations and retailers-including Costco, Sam's Club, and Kroger-began putting limits on the amount of meat customers could buy. (vegnews.com)
A man rides a cycle along a main road as less vehicles are on the road due to fuel shortage, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, June 28. (dawn.com)

Americans can expect more such shortages and price increases, economists say, as eager-to-spend consumers contemplate a post-pandemic economy and as record government stimulus boosts demand. (csmonitor.com)
Hospitals are tired of unsustainable drug price increases and I like that this group is fighting back," Knoer said. (modernhealthcare.com)
For the most part, generic medications, with some obvious exceptions like the sole-source drugs with Valeant, aren't the problem with big price increases. (modernhealthcare.com)
What bothers me is the government's waffling around how to deal with these problems (similar to governments all over Europe) in an attempt to avoid the price increases necessary to balance falling supply with demand. (angrybearblog.com)
These price increases are often condemned as "gouging" by the "eat-your-cake-and-have-it" crowd that cannot stand the real politiek of Dismal Scientists. (angrybearblog.com)
Others are capping price increases or sending money to all energy users, which is counterproductive and stupid. (angrybearblog.com)
But the overall dynamic, it seems, is for politicians to limit price increases in order to "protect" people and hoping that some miracle of supply (Putin dying? (angrybearblog.com)
"Until that time, initiatives such as this will foster our ability to protect patients from drug shortages and price increases that limit their ability to access the care they need," she added. (outsourcing-pharma.com)
Shortages and increased demand invariably lead to prices going up, but this typically leads to temporary increases. (scitechdaily.com)
We're also seeing more permanent price increases as a byproduct of increased production costs, particularly because of labor woes. (scitechdaily.com)
Wage rate increases have led to increased overhead, resulting in price increases to offset that cost. (scitechdaily.com)
COVID-19 has imposed additional barriers to access to medicines and vaccines, including the impact of lockdowns on the supply chain which led to shortages of medical products and increases in price. (who.int)

We also worked to prioritize [products] in our Grey Poupon portfolio that we know are customer favourites to ensure we would avoid shortages of those key products,' the company said in an emailed statement. (cbc.ca)
scarcity pricing to avoid shortages than holding prices too low and hoping for a miracle. (angrybearblog.com)

Missouri Department of Agriculture Director Chris Chinn says widespread food shortages are not expected but localized meat shortages and increased prices for some items are possible. (missourinet.com)
As meat shortages continue due to slaughterhouse closures and other disruptions to the meat supply chain after more than 5,000 meat industry workers tested positive for COVID-19, Beyond Meat is providing consumers with a viable alternative that might soon be cheaper than its animal-counterpart. (vegnews.com)

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) - The healthcare worker industry faces the challenge of workforce shortages across the country. (wwlp.com)
yet high workloads may be prioritised secondary to financial drivers or from workforce shortages. (cdc.gov)

Intermountain Healthcare, Ascension, SSM Health and Trinity Health are working with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to pool their capital and 450 total hospitals to fight back against drug companies that unexpectedly hike the prices of decades-old off-patent generic drugs with minimal competition. (modernhealthcare.com)
The shortage of nurses in hospitals and other healthcare facilities is affecting care across the country. (marketplace.org)
According to Deborah Burger, the president of National Nurses United, the largest nursing union in the country, the shortage is a product of healthcare employers who haven't been providing adequate supplies or staffing support. (marketplace.org)
Sanders said the healthcare workforce shortage is forcing hospitals in his state to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on travel nurses. (wwlp.com)
Initially, extreme shortages emerged in the equipment needed to protect healthcare workers, diagnostic testing, equipment and staffing to provide care to seriously ill patients, and basic consumer goods disrupted by panic buying. (wikipedia.org)

U.S. auto sales are still on the increase for the year, but the rate of growth is expected to slow in June 2021, because of the continuing shortage of new-car inventory, largely due to the shortage of computer chips used in today's cars to manage increasingly complex electronics. (forbes.com)
According to industry data from Edmunds, the average transaction price for a used car was $25,410 in the second quarter of 2021. (erieinsurance.com)
As these initial shortages were gradually remedied throughout 2020/2021, a second group of shortages emerged, afflicting industries dependent on global supply chains, affecting everything from automobiles to semiconductors to home appliances, in part due to China's determination to eliminate COVID-19 from its population by enforcing stringent quarantines and shutdowns, in part by disruptions to goods distribution, and in part by forecasting errors. (wikipedia.org)
analizar los costos operativos de un servicio de urgencias relacionado con la atención de pacientes con COVID-19 en los años 2020 y 2021. (bvsalud.org)
Los costos operacionales en 2020 fueron de R$ 28.461.152,87, mientras que en 2021 los valores encontrados fueron de R$ 43.749.324,61. (bvsalud.org)
Los costos medios del paciente/día aumentaron de R$2.614,45 en 2020 a R$3.351,93 en 2021. (bvsalud.org)

There's a possible beer shortage on the horizon again in 2022. (marketrealist.com)
Will there be another beer shortage in 2022? (marketrealist.com)
The initial beer shortage earlier in 2022 was linked to a lack of beer bottles. (marketrealist.com)
Fast forward to September 2022, and the threat of another beer shortage has returned. (marketrealist.com)
At the beginning of 2022, beer importer Constellation Brands Inc., the maker of Corona and Modelo beers, announced plans to raise prices by up to 2 percent due to the glass shortage, Bloomberg reported. (marketrealist.com)
Between April 2020 and June 2022, the price of 16 ounces of beer rose by 10.7 percent , and the cost is expected to continue on an upward trend due to shortages and inflation. (marketrealist.com)
Car Chip Shortage 2022: What's Going On? (erieinsurance.com)
In 2022, the latest reports from experts say the shortage will last until at least the second half of the year. (erieinsurance.com)
Data were collected from a drug information database for the period between April 2017 and March 2022 and analyzed for characteristics, such as price, number of suppliers, and reasons for withdrawal. (bvsalud.org)

Why is there a chip shortage in the auto industry? (erieinsurance.com)
How is the chip shortage affecting car prices? (erieinsurance.com)

Forecasting futures gas price movements, he said: "Assuming no cutoffs via Ukraine, Gas prices will probably ease as we get into the refill season in late March, but remain 'very high' until spring of 2023. (cityam.com)
And that means, analysts say, that record-high consumer prices for vehicles will extend into next year and might not fall back toward earth until 2023. (abc17news.com)

Relying on altruism for organs and a price of $0 results in a huge shortage, with demand exceeding supply by a factor of almost 6:1. (blogspot.com)
Exacerbating these high gas prices is a huge shortage in refining capacity in the U.S., which isn't likely to be resolved any time soon. (npr.org)

When the pandemic hit and demand for oil evaporated during the recession, refineries took a big financial hit when the price of gasoline plummeted. (npr.org)
After a decline in global energy demand due to the lockdowns and restrictions against the spread of COVID-19 pandemic last year, the recovery of economies caused a shock of unexpected demand growth and supply shortage. (aa.com.tr)
The price of building materials such as lumber for framing houses more than doubled during the pandemic, though prices have been coming down from their peaks. (upr.org)
Shortages related to the COVID-19 pandemic are pandemic-related disruptions to goods production and distribution, insufficient inventories, and disruptions to workplaces caused by infections and public policy. (wikipedia.org)
The landscape of shortages changed dramatically over the course of the pandemic. (wikipedia.org)
The key difficulties include lack of good governance and regulation, high prices, shortages and stockouts, limited collaborations and, more recently, the impacts of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. (who.int)

SANTIAGO - The Chilean Copper Commission (Cochilco) forecast on Tuesday a 'strong' lithium shortage and significant price hikes from 2031, as demand surges for the metal used to make batteries for electric vehicles. (miningweekly.com)
At some price, let's say $1 million, there would probably be a huge kidney surplus, with supply exceeding demand. (blogspot.com)
RE/MAX states the surrounding Rideau-St. Lawrence region is in the midst of a housing shortage because of high demand. (ctvnews.ca)
Whenever there's job creation … it creates more demand in the marketplace and more often than not, (home) prices will start to rise," Alexander said. (ctvnews.ca)
Although real estate is largely cyclical, Alexander didn't expect demand for homes nor home prices to go down anytime soon. (ctvnews.ca)
For example, we fixed the shortage of hand sanitizer fairly quickly as local supply increased and demand went down. (scitechdaily.com)
Of course, high demand combined with high prices has led oil companies to make big profits. (npr.org)
European natural gas prices surged by 600% compared to September 2020, reaching over €90 per megawatt-hour in Dutch Title Transfer Facility (TTF) while coal prices increased by 265% in the API2 Rotterdam Coal Futures as the supply fell short of meeting the growing demand. (aa.com.tr)
However, after the heat waves pushed electricity and natural gas consumption in Europe and supply fell short of the demand, the European natural gas prices which stood at €12 per megawatt-hour in last September increased nearly seven-fold to over €90 in September this year. (aa.com.tr)
Despite the emission reductions efforts and carbon pricing on electricity generation from coal, the demand for coal also saw an increase in Europe where coal futures surged by 265% reaching $200 per tonnes in the API2 Rotterdam Coal Futures. (aa.com.tr)
In China which meets around 60% of its electricity demand from coal burning electricity plants, the coal shortage led to country-wide power cuts as part of the government's precautions to manage the lack of power, leaving around 100 million people in dark. (aa.com.tr)
Through P4P, WFP's demand provides smallholder farmers in 20 pilot countries with a greater incentive to invest in their production, as they have the possibility to sell to a reliable buyer and receive a fair price for their crops. (who.int)

The prospect of further hikes in prices from sanctions follows gloomy forecasts from industry trade body Energy UK that raised wholesale costs could be baked into the market, with the potential for a further 15 per cent hike to the price cap in Octobe r. (cityam.com)
Players across the health industry have discussed how to cope with dramatic price hikes of widely used drugs coupled with enduring drug shortages , but solutions have been harder to come by. (modernhealthcare.com)
If you consider inflation, our gasoline price hikes haven't been so bad. (angrybearblog.com)

A mustard seed shortage is driving up prices and could leave some store shelves with scant supply of the yellow spread before products from the new harvest hit markets this fall, industry experts say. (cbc.ca)
Vegan brand Beyond Meat plans to reduce the price of its plant-based meat products and offer them in new formats-such as bulk "value" packages-to fill the void left by disappearing animal meat products on grocery store shelves. (vegnews.com)

We have suffered two years of restrictions, closures, and shortages because of a global health crisis. (lu.se)

Thailand reversed a hike in sugar prices within days, imposing price controls for the first time since 2018. (euronews.com)
In 2018 China experienced a shortage of emergency drugs. (wikipedia.org)

Drug shortages and rising medicine prices in the US have driven a group of hospitals to form a not-for-profit generic drug manufacturing firm. (outsourcing-pharma.com)
"The [as yet unnamed] company will also seek to stabilise the supply of essential generic medications administered in hospitals, many of which have fallen into chronic shortage," it added. (outsourcing-pharma.com)

The persistent and industry-wide raw material availability constraints and pricing inflation we have previously reported have worsened, and we do not expect to see improved supply or lower raw material pricing in our fourth quarter as anticipated," said CEO John Morikis. (cbs58.com)
This is just the latest hit for developing nations already coping with shortages in staples like rice, and bans on food trade that have added to food inflation . (euronews.com)
We moan about increase gasoline prices which still have not reached the height of them in 2008 when inflation is taken into consideration. (angrybearblog.com)
Isn't our inflation due in large part to increased gasoline prices? (angrybearblog.com)
Although beer prices are now said to be "lagging behind inflation," according to The Seattle Times , they could soon catch up thanks to the looming beer shortage in the U.S. (marketrealist.com)
The DailyMail cited that inflation has driven aluminum can prices up by 20 percent. (marketrealist.com)

Maruti Suzuki India, the largest passenger vehicle manufacturer in India, expects its sales in June to be impacted by semiconductor shortage, as per report. (livemint.com)
But there's one industry where shortages continue to abound: semiconductor chip manufacturing. (erieinsurance.com)
Over the past year, this shortage of semiconductor chips has directly translated to a shortage of new vehicles on car lots. (erieinsurance.com)

For scores of other bakers struggling to stay afloat while enduring higher costs for fuel and flour, the stratospheric sugar prices proved to be the last straw, and they closed for good. (euronews.com)
Fuel prices declined again as COVID cases surged in China, and President Biden announced the U.S. would release 180 million barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. (aginfo.net)
Sri Lanka will allow companies from oil-producing countries to import and sell fuel, the power and energy minister said on Tuesday, ending a duopoly as it tries to overcome a shortage of petrol and diesel that is exacerbating an economic crisis . (dawn.com)

House Speaker Martin Romualdez, who was present during the signing in Malacañang, said the renewal of the Malampaya contract would help prevent brownouts, reduce the country's dependence on imported oil to run power plants, boost the country's electricity reserves and stabilize the price of electricity. (inquirer.net)

The father-of-two and grandfather who has been in business for more than 40 years pointed out that "no business could sustain this enormous surge in prices. (breakingnews.ie)
The price surge in European gas markets swayed the interconnected global markets, which made JKM benchmark hit $30 per million BTU again while Henry Hub, US' main gas trading hub, price reached its highest level in the last seven years with over 150% jump, or $6 per million BTU. (aa.com.tr)
A surge in COVID-19 cases from the delta variant in several Asian countries that are the main producers of auto-grade chips is worsening the supply shortage. (abc17news.com)

But it's very simple economics - a lack of supply pushes up prices, whether you're talking about honeydew melons or houses. (upr.org)

Shortages of Aplisol are expected to become more widespread, limiting the feasibility of this approach. (cdc.gov)

Limited market availability of goods and higher prices are impacting plans, as are supply chain disruptions. (who.int)
A war in Europe has caused supply chain disruptions and energy price shocks. (lu.se)

Gas prices started skyrocketing following a raft of sanctions on Russian oil, after its invasion of Ukraine in February. (npr.org)
Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman warned on Saturday that sanctions and underinvestment in the energy sector could result in a shortage of energy supplies. (zawya.com)

The paint maker is responding to the higher raw material costs by raising its own prices. (cbs58.com)
Wholesale prices had been allowed to rise to help farmers cope with higher costs - partly due to government demands that they not burn their fields, which makes harvesting cheaper but envelops much of Thailand in heavy smog . (euronews.com)
using higher prices to ration energy is. (angrybearblog.com)
Higher prices are likely to be around for the foreseeable future because of a variety of factors. (scitechdaily.com)
Housing inventory shortages have pushed national home prices considerably higher," says Joel Kan, vice president of economic forecasting for the Mortgage Bankers Association. (upr.org)
Prices for rice grown in Kenya soared a while ago because of higher fertilizer prices and a yearslong drought in the Horn of Africa that has reduced production. (centralillinoisproud.com)
This year, inventory problems have been exacerbated by supply chain issues and labor shortages, which means you can expect to find fewer trees out there, and for higher prices. (local10.com)
This has left many car shoppers turning to the used car market, where higher prices also abound. (erieinsurance.com)
Even in higher-income countries, medicine and vaccine procurement and supply management systems need to be strengthened to prevent recurrent stockouts and shortages. (who.int)

Yet for mustard makers, the high prices are only half the battle. (cbc.ca)

Gas prices have spiked following Russia's decision to order troops into eastern Ukraine, raising fears of further energy supply shortages and disruption. (cityam.com)

The analyst company thinks that DDR2 contract prices are likely to continue to rise during the month. (madshrimps.be)
Conversely, if we continue to rely on goods exclusively produced overseas, shortages will continue and it will take a long time to return to normal supply. (scitechdaily.com)
As one of the rarest yet most valuable and indispensable elements on our planet, the world is quickly coming to grips with one of the biggest supply squeezes of our times as severe helium shortages continue pushing prices up. (baystreet.ca)

According to the survey, 66% of physicians indicated that drug shortages have become worse since 2010, and 94% of pharmacists reported that they had difficulty sourcing a medication for a patient in the past week. (pharmacists.ca)
The historical trends clearly demonstrate that current U.S. policies are failing miserably to address the growing kidney shortage, and the situation is getting worse every year. (blogspot.com)

Israel is taking bold measures to address its severe organ shortage. (blogspot.com)

Surging sugar prices - an increase of 55 per cent in two months - means fewer bakers and less bread. (euronews.com)
The first cousin of the famous hospitality brothers John and Francis Brennan said: "An artificial tree which cost €103 last Christmas is costing €150 now due to the shortage, but I couldn't in all conscience pass on all of that increase on to my customers. (breakingnews.ie)
The situation has seen a 60 per cent increase in prices and could render thousands of fishermen and traders jobless. (thefishsite.com)
It's also expected companies will stock up on inventory to avoid future shortages, which will increase costs as a result. (scitechdaily.com)
The president urged oil executives to increase the supply of gasoline and other refined products, and to drill for more oil in a bid to bring gas prices down. (npr.org)
A recent study by Texas A&M suggest solving the labor shortages currently impacting the industry will reduce overall food prices Food prices have soared by more than 13 percent in the last year, which is the largest annual increase since 1979. (fox4now.com)
The price of beer will likely increase. (marketrealist.com)
When combining these factors, consumers will likely see the price of their favorite beer steadily increase as well. (marketrealist.com)
Most of the food so far contracted under P4P has been purchased through direct contracts with farmers' organisations Forward contracts commit WFP to buy from farmers' organisations in the future at an agreed price, and enables the farmers to increase their production. (who.int)
Latest market assessments show that most cities are facing shortages of basic food items coupled with an increase in prices. (who.int)

The survey confirms that the health and well-being of patients is being negatively affected, and that physicians and pharmacists are devoting a significant amount of time to dealing with shortages, time that could be better spent improving patient care. (pharmacists.ca)
Sixty-four percent of physicians indicated that drug shortages had consequences for patients, while 41% of pharmacists reported that their patients' health had been compromised due to drug shortages. (pharmacists.ca)
Physicians and pharmacists both reported that drug shortages have compromised care with up to 20% of patients impacted. (pharmacists.ca)
The commitment of physicians and other health care professionals has helped to lessen the impact on their patients, but it comes at a price: time better spent with patients is instead being used by physicians to identify alternative drugs and therapies. (pharmacists.ca)
The Association of American Medical Colleges estimates the U.S. will face a shortage of up to 124,000 physicians by 2034. (wwlp.com)

The lack of clarity about what India will do next and concerns about the El Nino means Thai exporters are reluctant to take orders, mill operators are unwilling to sell and farmers have increased the prices of unmilled rice, said the president of the Thai Rice Exporters Association. (centralillinoisproud.com)

At a time when gas prices are at the highest level in history, hurting regular Americans, he points out that Big Oil companies are enjoying record profits . (npr.org)
That's a big part of what's driving up home prices much faster than incomes, and making homeownership less affordable for more and more Americans. (upr.org)
Warnings of a beer shortage started in July just as millions of Americans were drafting their plans for the Fourth of July weekend. (marketrealist.com)

As four not-for-profit health systems unveiled plans to create their own generic drug company Thursday, experts say they'll face an uphill battle to make a significant dent in one of the fastest-growing industry expenses and persistent problems: rising drug prices and drug shortages. (modernhealthcare.com)
TORONTO -- Canada's booming cannabis industry has led to a spike in housing prices and home shortages in some regions, according to a new report from RE/MAX. (ctvnews.ca)
A shortage of delivery drivers has also impacted the beer industry. (marketrealist.com)
The discussion will focus on adding support for those currently struggling, those in recovery and how the construction industry can help solve the ongoing labor shortage by tapping into an honest, hard-working, grateful, labor pool. (cfma.org)
The US tree fruit industry has been facing a labour shortage and international price competition. (cdc.gov)
The US tree fruit industry is facing market pressure due to labor shortages and price competition from foreign producers. (cdc.gov)

Worker shortages in the U.S. are not an easy fix: It takes two to four years for gantry crane operators to learn how to properly operate a crane, and truck drivers must obtain a commercial driver's license and go through training before they can deliver goods across the country. (scitechdaily.com)

Our government is just not doing the interviews necessary to bring people in that would help dramatically reduce our nursing shortage," Romney said. (wwlp.com)

The Federal Agricultural Statistics Agency says hay is at a 50-year low, and on top of the drought, high fertilizer prices are to blame. (9and10news.com)

The silver lining is that, while challenging for now, most of these shortages are expected to be temporary. (csmonitor.com)
The solution of temporary price subsidy is a good one. (angrybearblog.com)

Because there is a food shortage crisis coupled with an agriculture laborer shortage, experts believe farms and immigrant workers are the key for agriculture success and solving the food shortage. (fox4now.com)

Cochilco is working on establishing a model to estimate the price of lithium as the commission does with the copper market, but instability in prices has delayed the initiative as they are set differently in every contract, said Joaquin Morales , the head of the agency. (miningweekly.com)
Senior analyst Dr Craig Lowrey said: "While the UK is not dependent on gas from Russia, and should not experience direct supply issues, the price impacts will be evident across the entire European gas market. (cityam.com)
Domestic households are already bracing for an eye-watering 54 per cent hike in the consumer price cap, following market carnage that has seen dozens of energy firms exit the market, with average annual energy bills soaring to £2,000 per year from April. (cityam.com)
Isa Ahmed sells sugar at his shop at a market in Abuja, Nigeria: Sugar worldwide is trading at the highest prices since 2011. (euronews.com)
Economics 101 tells us that shortages are always caused by artificially low prices (zero in the case of organs), and can always be eliminated by market pricing ($36,000 is the price that has been proposed in Singapore ). (blogspot.com)
The more entries into the market the better-competition lowers prices. (modernhealthcare.com)
According to Intermountain, a decrease in the number of suppliers and consolidation of production volumes are major factors influencing high pricing and medicine shortages in the US generic drug market. (outsourcing-pharma.com)
"I believe the economics of these two different situations - 'market-failure' drug shortages for ANDAs [abbreviated new drug application], and single-source price spikes for products with no approved ANDAs - are perhaps even more complex than building a CMC [chemistry, manufacturing, and controls] operation from scratch," he told us. (outsourcing-pharma.com)

Nyanza and Coast provinces, the largest producers of fish, are grappling with a biting shortage that has seen prices triple. (thefishsite.com)

Production shutdowns sent the price of lumber sky-high. (erieinsurance.com)

Energy specialists Cornwall Insight have argued that any measures from the West which further reduce Russian supplies into the continent could have a sustained long-term effect on domestic gas prices. (cityam.com)
It's an effort by the world's most populous nation to control domestic prices ahead of a key election year - but it's left a yawning gap of around 9.5 million metric tons (10.4 tons) of rice that people around the world need, roughly a fifth of global exports. (centralillinoisproud.com)

Advocates are hoping for the success of the farm workforce modernization act - stating it could play a crucial role in easing the industry's current labor shortage and lowering high food prices for consumers. (fox4now.com)

Pumpkin prices also appear to be increasing compared to last year, according to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). (foxbusiness.com)
For example, a hundredweight of yellow mustard seeds, roughly 45 kilograms, cost more than $150 a week ago - triple the $50 price tag from last year, according to a Saskatchewan database of agricultural commodity prices. (cbc.ca)
We face a huge organ shortage that continues to worsen every year under current policy, which makes it illegal to provide any financial compensation for organ donors. (blogspot.com)
Valeant Pharmaceuticals, for example, acquired the rights to the off-patent heart drugs nitroprusside and isoproterenol and increased their respective prices 30-fold and 70-fold over a three-year span. (modernhealthcare.com)
Home sales rose by 27.1 per cent year-over-year with average prices going up by 10.5 per cent. (ctvnews.ca)
The LNG prices in Asia eased with the calmer weather during this year. (aa.com.tr)
The median price for previously owned homes has hit a new record at $313,000, up 16% from a year ago, the Realtors group said Thursday. (upr.org)
Now, rice prices are soaring - Vietnam's rice export prices, for instance, have reached a 15-year high - putting the most vulnerable people in some of the poorest nations at risk. (centralillinoisproud.com)
It's something she's been doing off and on all year: researching different suppliers, comparing prices, reaching out for donations and sometimes waiting for orders that never come. (ny1.com)

For now, the story is looking very different, as shortages emerge for key products. (csmonitor.com)

A shortage of inventory means new cars are not only hard to find - but they're also selling at (or above) the manufacturer's suggested retail price (MSRP). (erieinsurance.com)

The U.S. could be facing a pumpkin shortage because of several issues, including weather conditions, shipping issues and a fungus in some areas, according to recent reports. (foxbusiness.com)

In this case, September home sales spiked by nearly 8 per cent with average prices rising 9.10 per cent. (ctvnews.ca)

Two strategies for achieving rational prices of generic drugs are tiered pricing framework and pooled purchasing power. (bvsalud.org)

It advances eight strategic objectives related to: updating and implementing national policies for medicines and vaccines ecuring adequate and sustainable funding nsuring the availability of medicines and vaccines at fair and affordable prices stablishing efficient supply systems trengthening national regulatory authorities ensuring appropriate use of medicines romoting research and development as well as local production establishing a strong partnership framework. (who.int)

The company told investors it is facing some of the same raw material shortages dogging other industries, and that is driving up the cost of the supplies it needs to make paint. (cbs58.com)

We anticipate that manufacturers will adapt to the IIJA perhaps by adjusting fixed doses or simply increasing drug prices. (bvsalud.org)

There has been a steady shortage of trees over the past few years, partly caused by fires, droughts and floods. (local10.com)
A few months ago, brewmasters in Germany faced a shortage of beer bottles, caused partly by the war in Ukraine, reported The New York Times . (marketrealist.com)

Recently introduced legislation could help the current truck driver shortage. (aginfo.net)
Sanders promised his committee is now working on legislation to address the shortage. (wwlp.com)

Results: Structure: TPF is an upstream initiative aimed at lowering the prices of generic drugs and increasing coverage and price consistency. (bvsalud.org)

American Enterprise Institute scholar Sally Satel 's article "Kidney Mitzvah: Israel's Remarkable New Steps to Solve Its Organ Shortage" appeared this week in Slate. (blogspot.com)

The growing share of natural gas in electricity generation in Europe and also in the UK drove the electricity prices to record levels, particularly in September. (aa.com.tr)

76% of community and hospital pharmacists indicated that drug shortages have a significant impact on their work load with more time spent looking for alternative drugs and communicating with other health professionals about drug shortages. (pharmacists.ca)
The national average price of gasoline surpassed $5 a gallon for the first time ever this month. (npr.org)
A for sale sign is displayed in front of a house in Westwood, Mass. Home prices hit a new record in October as the number of homes for sale hit an all-time low. (upr.org)
Although the shortage may not have seemed significant in the U.S. at the time, the warnings returned in September. (marketrealist.com)
This time, the beer shortage is linked to a shortage of carbon dioxide. (marketrealist.com)
There are, however, a shortage of nurses willing to step up to the plate and put their license at risk during this time," Burger told Marketplace's David Brancaccio. (marketplace.org)

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