Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide. Currently available therapies are inadequate
and spur demand for improved technologies. Rapid growth in nanotechnology towards the …

Background In recent years, medication shortages have become a growing worldwide issue.
This scoping review aimed to systematically synthesise the literature to report on the …

Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) arising from Wuhan, China, is currently
outbreaking worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared COVID-19 to …

Nanotherapeutics and nanopharmaceuticals could achieve and facilitate earlier and more
precise individual diagnosis, improve targeted therapies, reduce side effects, and enhance …

Hospital material management has been identified as one key cost containment lever to
cope with steadily increasing healthcare costs in industrialized countries. The purpose of …

National tracking of drug shortages began in 2001. However, a significant increase in the
number of shortages began in late 2009, with numbers reaching what many have termed …

Purpose Drug product shortages can adversely affect drug therapy, compromise or delay
medical procedures, result in medication errors, and cause patient harm. 1–38 In addition to …

Drug shortages have been identified as a public health problem in an increasing number of
countries. This can negatively impact on the quality and efficiency of patient care, as well as …

Drug shortages are a complex and global phenomenon. When a drug cannot be delivered
at the moment of patient demand, every stakeholder in the health care system is affected …

Drug shortages continue at crisis levels in the United States, with no end in sight. Extensive
research in disparate areas has been conducted to explore the impact that shortages have …