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Drug shortage: Why doesn’t Australia simply make more medicines?

- May 14, 2025 3 MIN READ

About 400 medicines are in short supply in Australia. Of these, about 30 are categorised as critical. These are ones with a life-threatening or serious impact on patients, and with no readily available substitutes. Since 2024, there has been a nationwide shortage of sterile fluid. This continues to affect health care across Australia. However, medicine… Read more »