The ongoing drug shortages impacting the U.S. are now threatening to exhaust two commonly used forms of penicillin, Pfizer said in a warning to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday.



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Pfizer warns FDA of shrinking penicillin supply

Pfizer cited a "complex combination of factors" for the shortage, including an increase in demand and a rise in syphilis rates.

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Pfizer Inc. will run out of several doses of penicillin, which treats syphilis, strep throat, and other infections, later this year as shortages ripple across the US’s antibiotic supply.

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Pfizer Sees Antibiotic Supply Running Out as Shortage Worsens

It will run out of several types of penicillin, which treat syphilis, strep throat and other infections, later this year.

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Pfizer sees antibiotic supply running out as shortage worsens

(Reuters) -     Pfizer has warned that a drug used to treat syphilis and other bacterial infections in children could run out by the end of June as a spike in infections has put pressure on an already short supply of the antibiotic. Supply of the drug, Bicillin L-A, is expected to be exhausted by the end of this quarter, the company said in a letter to the U.S. health regulator dated Monday. Pfizer's penicillin products have been in shortage sin…

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(The Hill) -- The ongoing drug shortages impacting the U.S. are now threatening to exhaust two commonly used forms of penicillin, Pfizer said in a warning to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday. Pfizer alerted the FDA that there is "a limited supply and impending stock out" of Bicillin L-A and Bicillin C-R, two of its injectable penicillin products. 
	
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