Responding to and managing antibiotic shortages: a qualitative study with experts and opinion leaders
Vrinda Nampoothiri, Ritika Kondel Bhandari, Avaneesh Kumar Pandey, Oluchi Mbamalu, Jennifer Cohn, Sanjeev Singh, Marc Mendelson, Nusrat Shafiq, Esmita Charani, Bashar Haruna Gulumbe, Michael Samarkos, Enrico Baraldi, Michael Samarkos, ESMITA CHARANI, Bashar Haruna Gulumbe, ESMITA CHARANI, Enrico Bar · 2025
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Vrinda Nampoothiri and co-authors interview experts on antibiotic shortages, in a 2025 study. Shortages of licensed antibiotics threaten care worldwide. The team asked what drives the gaps, what responses exist, and what blocks them. Sixteen opinion leaders with supply chain roles across several regions took part.
Interviews ran over many months and followed a framework spanning politics, economics, and law. Political engagement helped responses work, above all where governments invested strongly. Legal fixes also appeared: one example lets pharmacists swap one antibiotic for another on prescriptions. Reading across the transcripts built the themes. The study offers a field guide for officials facing the next shortage.
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| CREATOR | Vrinda Nampoothiri, Ritika Kondel Bhandari, Avaneesh Kumar Pandey, Oluchi Mbamalu, Jennifer Cohn, Sanjeev Singh, Marc Mendelson, Nusrat Shafiq, Esmita Charani, Bashar Haruna Gulumbe, Michael Samarkos, Enrico Baraldi, Michael Samarkos, ESMITA CHARANI, Bashar Haruna Gulumbe, ESMITA CHARANI, Enrico Bar |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 84 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |