Two years into the pandemic, why is Australia still short of medicines?

  • Written by: Maryam Ziaee, Lecturer and Researcher, Supply Chains and Operations, Victoria University
Two years into the pandemic, why is Australia still short of medicines?Alex Bascuas/Shutterstock

This might be a familiar scene. You pop into your local pharmacy to fill a script and you’re told your regular medicine is out of stock. When will it be in? Sorry, we don’t have a date. But I’ll ring up your GP to see if she can authorise an alternative.

This is a common conversation more than two years...

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