PHYSICIANS AGAINST DRUG SHORTAGES

Physicians Against Drug Shortages (PADS) is a grassroots patient advocacy group whose goal is to end the chronic, unprecedented generic drug shortages by restoring integrity and market competition to the broken generic prescription drug and hospital group purchasing industries. Most of our members are anesthesiologists and critical care specialists who are outraged that they can no longer obtain reliable supplies of the drugs they need to properly treat their patients. As a result of these shortages, millions of patients are suffering needlessly, and in many cases dying. Most of the drugs in short supply are sterile injectable chemotherapies and anesthetics administered in hospitals, outpatient facilities and clinics... By making our case in the mainstream and social media, including this website, we're working to mobilize public support to prevail on Congress to end the pernicious practices that have given rise to this public health emergency. We believe our efforts are starting to..