CP3's SUDAmonas & Katherine Callaway Kim are doing major work to understand the causes of drug shortages and how to prevent them from happening in the future.

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New #drugshortages paper out yesterday in JAMA Network Open with SUDAmonas Mina T. Inmaculada (Inma) Hernández Walid Gellad!

One in 7 supply chain issue reports to U.S. FDA or ASHP were associated with drug shortages from 2017-2021. Supply disruptions increased across-the-board early in the #COVID19 pandemic. ja.ma/4cNwnLO Katherine Callaway Kim SUDAmonas

Biden is aiming to tackle rampant drug shortages with a new multibillion-dollar plan for Congress to pressure hospitals into paying more for generic medicines. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg

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❓Did the #valsartan recall affect ❤️failure patients' care?
✅Analysis shows no effect on short-term outcomes.

More: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pd…

From CP3's Katherine Callaway Kim Walid Gellad SUDAmonas

International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology Mina T. Inmaculada (Inma) Hernández

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If you're interested in #Pharmacoequity and want to attend our #Pharmacoequity 2024 Conference in Pittsburgh to learn from & network with national experts, we have a SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY coming soon! Watch this space!

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Join us on Zoom next Thursday when Katherine Callaway Kim joins us to discuss #DrugShortages in the US and Canada!

Register for this #PittHSRseminar here: gim-crhc.pitt.edu/events/hsr-sem…

More evidence that #drugshortages disrupt care: Pts w/hypertension & active valsartan supply had ⬆️in cardiac events w/in 6 mos of drug recall.

CP3 co-authors SUDAmonas Katherine Callaway Kim Walid Gellad

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🚨New essay out today in The Lancet Oncology w/ Dr Mark Lythgoe Kerstin Noëlle Vokinger

We outline the cancer medicine shortage in the US, reasons 🇺🇸 was so much worse than Europe, and ponder solutions that might help in the long run.

A thread/1

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Health Canada and PHAC developed the Tiered Notification & Communication Framework to address #drugshortages . This analysis looks at purchasing trends after Tier 3 shortages.

Read in PLOS ONE:
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With CP3's Katherine Callaway Kim SUDAmonas

Prospective PhD students: Applications are now open for the Pitt Health Policy and Management Health Services Research and Policy PhD program! Join Pitt Public Health for info sessions in October (virtual) and November 3 (in-person) MORE INFO HERE: sph.pitt.edu/admissions-aid…

What a great week of learning at #ICPE2023 ! An evening walk on the Halifax boardwalk made for a perfect ending to an awesome conference. Looking forward to Berlin in 2024!

This afternoon at #ICPE23 , head over to MR201 for a presentation from CP3 Associate Director SUDAmonas!

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Attending #ICPE23 ? Don't miss these presentations from CP3's SUDAmonas & Katherine Callaway Kim!

🌟Congrats to Katherine Callaway Kim for having the most highly rated student abstract in the Drug Utilization Research category! Award ceremony Saturday!

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Despite an unexpected night in Toronto due to flight delays, very happy to be in Halifax enjoying my first in-person #pharmepi conference at #ICPE23 . Awesome presentations followed by Canadian maple walnut ice cream with friends made for an awesome first day!

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is working closely with Pfizer to assess the impact of the damage at Pfizer’s Rocky Mount, North Carolina, facility.
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🔊 The CRHC Data Center is hiring a #DataAnalyst ! Candidates must possess expert knowledge of #ResearchMethodology & #statistics to manage & analyze complex #ResearchStudyData . MS preferred, BS required.

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Had an awesome time visiting Boston friends and family and learning about advanced confounding adjustment in #causalinference this past week! Thank you for the opportunity to participate in CAUSALab 2023!

What happened after ranitidine was recalled and a subsequent shortage happened? Take a look⬇️

Read more about this analysis Digestive Diseases and Sciences from a team including Mina T. & CP3's SUDAmonas & Katherine Callaway Kim
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Adults with type 2 diabetes who have the highest out of pockets costs were much less likely to initiate a GLP-1 RA or SGLT2 inhibitor.

Co-authors include CP3's Dr. Jing Luo, Katherine Callaway Kim, & Walid Gellad.

Read more JAMA Network Open
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