Drug shortages: Obama tries to prevent emergencies.

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Drug shortages: Obama tries to prevent emergencies.

November 9, 2011

Neergaard L. San Francisco Chronicle; November 1, 2011:A6.

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This newspaper article reports on an executive order directing the Food and Drug Administration to take steps to prevent and mitigate drug shortages.

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