{"id":21026,"date":"2023-12-04T12:59:40","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T17:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&#038;p=21026"},"modified":"2023-12-04T15:56:58","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T20:56:58","slug":"sen-ossoff-launches-bipartisan-inquiry-into-shortage-of-chemotherapy-drugs","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-launches-bipartisan-inquiry-into-shortage-of-chemotherapy-drugs\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Ossoff Launches Bipartisan Inquiry into Shortage of Chemotherapy Drugs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Sen. Ossoff, members of Georgia\u2019s Congressional Delegation&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/23.11.30-FDA-Letter-CONGRESS.pdf\"><em>request update<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;from FDA on national shortage of chemotherapy medicines<\/em><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Washington, D.C. \u2014&nbsp;<\/strong>U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is launching a bipartisan inquiry into the shortages of chemotherapy drugs in Georgia and nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, Sen. Ossoff led a bipartisan, bicameral group of Georgia\u2019s Congressional Delegation requesting an update from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on the shortage of drugs needed to treat cancer patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Ossoff is joined by Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock and Representatives Nikema Williams (GA-05), Lucy McBath (GA-07), Henry C. \u201cHank\u201d Johnson, Jr. (GA-04), and Dr. Rich McCormick (GA-06).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have continued to hear from patients and providers about how shortages of chemotherapy drugs present a significant challenge for Georgians. Many have had to consider alternative treatment programs or delay treatment,\u201d<strong>&nbsp;Sen. Ossoff and the group wrote to FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert M. Califf.<\/strong>&nbsp;\u201cUnlike other medications, chemotherapy drugs are not interchangeable; many are only effective for specific cancers, and using alternative chemotherapy drugs can substantially reduce the success of the treatment. This shortage has placed a burden on both physicians and caregivers and has put the health of patients at risk.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Ossoff and the group requested specific information about what the FDA is doing to reduce the shortage and how they are evaluating the safety of any imported chemotherapy drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Several chemo drugs remain in short supply,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/10\/05\/health\/cancer-centers-drug-shortage\/index.html\">according to CNN<\/a>. A survey of 29 cancer centers nationwide in September found 86% reported a shortage of at least one type of anti-cancer drug.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/23.11.30-FDA-Letter-CONGRESS.pdf\">aqu\u00ed<\/a>&nbsp;to read the bipartisan inquiry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><br># # #<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Ossoff, members of Georgia\u2019s Congressional Delegation&nbsp;request update&nbsp;from FDA on national shortage of chemotherapy medicines Washington, D.C. \u2014&nbsp;U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is launching a bipartisan inquiry into the shortages of chemotherapy drugs in Georgia and nationwide. Today, Sen. Ossoff led a bipartisan, bicameral group of Georgia\u2019s Congressional Delegation requesting an update from the U.S. Food [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21026","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/21026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/21026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21028,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/21026\/revisions\/21028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}