96 Percent of Pharmacy Technicians Report Drug Shortages, Half of Patients Never Get the Medicine They Need: Survey

Shortages of drugs that include some cancer treatments are in critically short supply.

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A trip to the pharmacy has become a gamble for patients across America as shelves are short on critical medications.

Nearly 96 percent of pharmacy technicians surveyed by the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board reported shortages of essential drugs—from chemotherapy and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder meds to much-needed anesthetics and popular diabetes and weight loss drugs, including Mounjaro, Ozempic, and Wegovy.