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Supply Readiness

Transparency & Redundancy

Quality

Pediatric & Special Populations

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2025 Annual Report: Collaboration in Action

In 2025, the End Drug Shortages Alliance reached new milestones in our shared mission to ensure timely, reliable access to essential medicines. Discover stories of impact, Member leadership, and the strategic direction driving EDSA forward into 2026 and beyond.

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The Hidden Cost of Drug Shortages​

The impact of drug shortages to health systems and hospitals doesn’t just stop with access to treatment. Significant costs are endured through additional labor needed to manage shortages.
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Source: Vizient Drug Shortages and Labor Cost Report

​​20M
Additional hours of labor per year

$900M
Cost of labor needed to manage drug shortages per year

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MEET OUR TEAM
Advisory Board

Jennifer Bair
Vice President, Pharmacy Services & Chief Pharmacy Officer,
​Prisma Health

Meera Bhavsar
Vice President,
​Sterile Injectables Lead,
​Pfizer​

Laura Bray
​Chief Change Maker,
Angels for Change

Jason Chou
Vice President, Pharmacy Services
Ochsner Health

Stephen Colvill
ReVAMP Consortium Lead,
Duke-Margolis Institute for Health Policy

Allan Coukell
Chief Government Affairs and Public Policy Officer,
Civica Rx

Lauren DeReus
Sr. Vice President,
​Partnership & Sales,
Cencora

Carrie Dunford
Chief Pharmacy Officer,
Intermountain Health

Michael Ganio
Sr. Director
Pharmacy Practice and Quality, ASHP

Neal Gervais
Sr. Director,
​National Accounts
Hikma​

Scott Miller
President, Health Systems,
McKesson 

Vimala Raghavendran​
VP of Informatics Product Development
US Pharmacopeia

​Justin Schneider
Vice President of Pharmacy,
Premier Inc.

Mark Spiecker
Vice President of Pharmacy,
STAQ Pharma

​Mittal Sutaria
Sr. Vice President, Contract & Program Services,
Vizient, Inc.

​Eric Tichy
Division Chair, Pharmacy Supply Solutions; Associate Professor of Pharmacy, 
Mayo Clinic

Michael Wascovich
Vice President
Medication Management & Chief Pharmacy Officer, 
Ascension

Terri Lyle Wilson
Vice President of Pharmacy,
Children’s Hospital Association (CHA)

From Our Advisory Board

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"At EDSA, we are working together with
stakeholders from across the value chain to
advance long-term policy solutions that
will help mitigate drug shortages and bring
drug supply continuity." 

Meera Bhavsar
Vice President, US Hospital Sterile Injectables
Pfizer

"This work is critical to provide quality patient care given ongoing supply chain issues and medication shortages that continue to negatively impact health care provider and patients."

Jason Chou, PharmD, MS
Vice President, Pharmacy Services
Ochsner Health

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