Erin Fox, PharmD, senior director of drug information and support services at University of Utah Health in Salt Lake City. She is a member of the team that provides data to the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Drug Shortages Resource Center. ASHP.org/drug-shortages
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