Not to be an alarmist but... there is a shortage of injectable medications such that elective surgeries are being affected. These are generic drugs for which the FDA imposed new costly manufacturing validation requirements. There were no issues with the drugs but that the FDA felt that these existing lines needed to be in compliance with the latest regulations being imposed on new drugs.
The margins on these generic injectables is so thin that many manufacturers have elected to discontinue production.
Hello government-produced shortages.
Interesting to note where the limited FDA resources are being focused.