Durbin Urges FDA To Allow Importation Of Chemo Drugs In Shortage

Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) is calling on FDA to use its existing authority to allow for importation of critical cancer drugs currently in shortage, including two widely used chemotherapies — carboplatin and cisplatin. In a letter sent to FDA Commissioner Robert Califf Thursday (June 1), Durbin calls on FDA to use “every authority at its disposal” to counteract the shortage of cancer drugs, including allowing for the safe importation of drugs, working with manufacturers to extend expiration dates,...