Top Senator Says FDA to Take Action on ‘Shortages’ of Children’s Drugs

Signage outside of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in White Oak, Md., on Aug. 29, 2020. Andrew Kelly/Reuters

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) called on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to take action on shortages of children’s medication reported across the United States.

“Today, I am urging … the Federal Drug Administration to investigate the shortages and consider several actions to reduce those shortages,” Schumer said in a Manhattan news conference. “These shortages are temporary; they are supply chain shortages, but we need to alleviate them.”