He Invima alerted about the absence of 50 medication to treat some diseases such as hypertension, diabetes and canceras well as some analgesics and anticoagulantswhich are part of the diseases that Colombians suffer the most, according to figures from the Dane.
For her part, the Colombian Association of Comprehensive Medicine Companies (Acemi) indicated that there are “novelties in the supply of 1,242 active ingredients”, a situation that has been occurring since mid-2022 and that “does not improve”, according to the complaint.
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It should be noted that Dane reported that for the first quarter of 2022, Among the top ten causes of death in men and women in Colombia are some of the diseases that are treated with medicines that present shortageslike the hypertensivewhich represent the 3.7% of deaths with 1,381 people and diabetes registering a 2.8% of deaths, with 1,040 people.
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Consulted pharmacies, such as green Cross, cafam and pharmacenter They have noticed the shortage and add that “it is a phenomenon that has been occurring for a long time.”
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From Acemi, they state that the fact is due to “a chain of many actors” and suggest “that the minsalud and the Invima adopt more forceful measures that allow resolving the situation”.
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For its part, the Ministry mentions that the shortage is due to the “increase in demand for medicines, restrictions by brands or manufacturers in contracting between EPS and managers”.
Additionally, they assurethe loss of interest on the part of the industry in commercializing some products with low profitability and the scarcity of some commercial brands, but the availability on the market of medicines with the same composition”.
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