WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is directing the Food and Drug Administration to take steps to reduce drug shortages, an escalating problem that has endangered patients and raised the possibility of price gouging.
Obama to order FDA to help reduce drug shortages
Monday, October 31, 2011 | 8:01 a.m. CDT;
updated 10:36 a.m. CDT, Monday, October 31, 2011
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