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- Education Department, Hospital
- Ethics, pharmacy
- MEDICAL ONCOLOGY
- PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL
- Quality of Health Care
There are many causes of medicine shortages. Solutions are difficult to implement; these are global problems, meaning that exclusively national action has less chance of success than action on an international scale.1
Those most affected are patients who suffer interruption of their treatment or its replacement by less effective alternatives.
Vinflunine is indicated in monotherapy in adults with advanced or metastatic carcinoma of transitional cells of the urothelial tract previously treated with platinum derivatives.2
In June 2021, the supplier of vinflunine reported supply problems until March 2022. The Spanish Agency of Medicines and Medical Devices (AEMPS) started its distribution for those who were not suitable candidates for immunotherapy. Its shortage is …
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