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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has a mandate to protect public health by ensuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs and biological products by enforcing current regulations through product surveillance programs and by performing regular compliance inspections. This poses challenges for the regulatory watchdog because the agency also bares the responsibility of ensuring that there are enough medications and therapies to go around. Despite the efforts of the FDA and other global regulatory agencies to ensure the ample supply of safe and effective medications, there are still alarming numbers of public health concerns stemming from drug shortages.

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