{"id":14281,"date":"2019-10-16T09:54:59","date_gmt":"2019-10-16T13:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=14281"},"modified":"2019-10-16T09:54:59","modified_gmt":"2019-10-16T13:54:59","slug":"pharma-tests-real-time-platform-to-forestall-drug-shortages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=14281","title":{"rendered":"Pharma tests real-time platform to forestall drug shortages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In response to the hundreds of drug shortages hitting the pharmaceutical industry each quarter, Merck KGaA plans to launch a pilot project with TraceLink, using real-time data points in the company\u2019s supply chain to more accurately predict future demand for its drugs. According to the American Society of Health System Pharmacists, so far in the third quarter, there have been 212 FDA-reported drug shortages. Read article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiercepharma.com\/pharma\/bring-machines-merck-kgaa-hopes-pilot-platform-will-stanch-chronic-drug-shortages\">here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/computer-circuit-board.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7931\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/computer-circuit-board-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/computer-circuit-board-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/computer-circuit-board.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice:<\/strong> The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to the hundreds of drug shortages hitting the pharmaceutical industry each quarter, Merck KGaA plans to launch a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,14,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-finance","category-medical-technology","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14281"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14282,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14281\/revisions\/14282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}