As the "triple threat" of COVID-19, influenza and RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) caused a spike in patients seeking medication in the winter of 2022, drug shortages were the highest they had been in five years, according to a March 2023 Senate report. In terms of what caused the shortages, a new report from the Milken
In a new report, experts from the Milken Center for Public Health suggested that drug shortages in late 2022 stemmed from hospitals and households “panic-buying" medications.