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2. Patients, pharmacies and hospitals in
New Brunswick are feeling the ripple
effects of a temporary stop in production
Drug by one of the country's largest medical
shortage drug producers, Sandoz Canada in
Quebec.
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In Dieppe, pharmacist Dennis Abud said
hospitals, that he is running out of several
pharmacists, medications, including injectable
painkillers like morphine. The shortage
patients has been affecting his patients.

3. Abud said that in some cases he has
managed to provide patients with the drugs
they need, but not in a timely fashion.
"My staff got together and did a couple of
phone calls and figured out a way to get it to
the patient. But I don't know if that patient
waited in pain for a while."
Sandoz Canada — one of the country's
leading suppliers of generic cancer and heart
medications — announced in late February
that it was temporarily suspending
production at its Boucherville, Que., facility.

4. Sandoz has scaled back production of
certain drugs — mostly painkillers,
antibiotics and anaesthetics — to upgrade
operations after quality-control
assessments by the FDA warned the
factory fell short of its standards.
To exacerbate supply concerns, a fire
Sunday in the ceiling above the boiler
room of Sandoz's Boucherville plant has
halted all production until at least
Monday, and the company says it is
assessing any impact to product supply.

5. "I got on the phone and tried to order
some new product and it was already too
late," Abud said. "It's been really
frustrating for pharmacists."
John Staples, a Moncton pharmacist, said
that the problem is not new. "It's been
going on for two years," he said.
"Sometimes they say there's none
anywhere in the city."

6. Both health networks in New Brunswick
are keeping a close eye on the situation.
"It is an exhaustive process. We've got
pharmacists and administrative staff at all
of our hospitals, going through all of our
inventory numbers, looking at all the
specific medications," said Luc Foulem, a
spokesperson for Vitalite Health Network.
"So if we do have a situation where we
would have a possible shortage we could
identify alternatives."

7. Hospitals and pharmacies borrow and buy
medications from each other, but when
supply and demand don't match up there are
no alternatives available.
"There's no life threatening medications
involved at this point in time. But it's very
much an inconvenience," Staples said.
A spokesperson from the province said that
the Department of Health is working with the
federal government and other provinces on
the shortage issue.

8. Last week, Dr. Robert Cushman, director
general biologic and genetic therapies at
Health Canada, told CBC News that Health
Canada is in constant dialogue with Sandoz
and other manufacturers, as well as the
provinces and hospitals.
"We can fast-track these alternate sources,
but ... we have to look at the plant, the
source, the medication … we understand
it’s incumbent to do this as quickly as
possible while guaranteeing safety,"
Cushman said.

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