Pfizer sees US antibiotic supply running out as shortage worsens

A rise in respiratory infections in the fall of last year is to blame for the present constraints in US antibiotic supplies.
Photo: Johanna Geron/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
Photo: Johanna Geron/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
By Ike Swetlitz, Bloomberg

Pfizer Inc. will run out of several doses of penicillin, which treats syphilis, strep throat, and other infections, later this year as shortages ripple across the US’s antibiotic supply.

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