On this morning’s Diane Rehm Show,* discussing shortages of pediatric oncology drugs, Capt. Valerie Jensen of the FDA let slip the FDA’s apparent position on how to fix pharmaceutical shortages in the US:
We would love to be able to tell companies how much to make and what to make. It’s just not in our authority.
Which will be good news for everyone who was hoping that their kid’s cancer could be treated with the pharmaceutical equivalent of a Trabant.
*I know what I like.