When you try to solve a problem you don’t understand, you run a serious risk of making that problem worse. Congress may be in the process of doing this right now. A new bill would require drug manufacturers to notify federal officials of a disruption to a drug supply six months in advance.
“What we’re trying to find out is whether there’s a pattern behind the shortages that we can address,” said Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill. “We’ve got to get down to what is really behind it and try to solve it.”
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