STAT+: The vial is not half empty: New report lays out ways to address the issue of discarded drugs
File this under ‘Waste not, want not.’
In response to the cost of medicines, a fierce debate has broken out in recent years over ways to reduce the amount of unused liquids left in vials of infused or injectable cancer treatments and other therapies. One widely cited estimate suggested the U.S. health care system wasted $2.8 billion each year.
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