The Federal Trade Commission and Department of Health and Human Services are banding together to glean information on how two types of pharma middlemen — group purchasing organizations and drug wholesalers — could be contributing to ongoing generic drug shortages.
In a joint request for information published Wednesday, the two agencies expressed skepticism toward the practices of group purchasing organizations (GPOs) and drug wholesalers, raising flags over how these entities could be affecting drug pricing and availability.
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