Comment on Shortage of antipsychotic medication [quetiapine/Seroquel] leaves mental health patients in limbo
hanrahan@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Is the an increase demand issue (from.aroubd the world I mean, not jist Oz) , limited supply issue or both?
I can see the increasing demand issue needing capital to fund expansions that some companies might be wary of?
India seems to be the world’s pill maker, have we outsourced too much?
We seem to now have a dizzying arry of medications and an ever expanding list of drugs, is that some of the bottleneck ?
Maybe Hobart would be better placed spending billions on a drug manufacturing plant to onshore production, rather then those billions being used for the hit and giggle stadium and a basslink duplication ?
Joshi@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
It is a supply chain issue not increased demand and it is not just Seroquel but a huge variety of medications as I said in another comment.
I don’t understand the issue in enough depth but I’ve had discussions with people who do and who think increased local manufacturing is the only way of addressing this. What’s more a government owned pharma corp mandated to ensure steady supply of off-patent essential meds could probably be run at a profit.