Civica Rx was established in 2018 to address a persistent drug shortage problem that has become a national crisis for hospitals and patients. Civica, a mission-driven, not-for-profit, non-stock generic drug company, was founded by leading hospital systems that know first-hand about the impact of the inconsistent, unpredictable, and often unstable market dynamics that lead...
Month: November 2018
Duke University | FDA Workshop on Drug Shortages
Civica Rx CEO Martin VanTrieste participated in the November 27th, 2018 FDA Workshop on Drug Shortages at Duke University. ...
Civica CEO Martin VanTrieste | Civica’s Mission
Martin was recently a key note speaker at the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP) Annual Meeting and participated in a post-event podcast, where he shared information about Civica's plans to ensure hospital patients are able to receive the medicines they need, when they need them. Listen here. They also asked him for tips on how to...
Drug Shortages are a National Crisis
Civica Rx was formed by health systems to address a national crisis, which has been occurring for far too long. Every day clinicians wonder if they will have the necessary medicines to treat the patients they serve, which include pediatric cancer patients. Far too often, an oncologist has to treat a pediatric cancer patient...