#shorts On 12/7/2022, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “My colleague had asked you on Monday about the drug shortages question, and I just wanted to follow up on that. Is this something that the President has been engaged in? Has he been briefed on medicine shortages?

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: So let me just say this and a lit- — share — share where we are. So, as I’ve said — as you mentioned, on Monday, I was asked by your colleague — I believe, Ben — the administration is closely monitoring for the possibility of any national shortages. Medicine shortages are — are not uncommon … this is something that FDA and HHS is managing. But as I just stated, we are — we are ready to help when needed, when those requests come in.

Reporter: The FDA and agencies don’t have much visibility into the supply chain issues. They’ve said that they’re really dependent on the industry to give them information on any issues and whether there are shortages. Does the White House think it’s time for the FDA to get more involved so that they can get better information from companies?

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Well, I just stated in my — my layout here that FDA and HHS …

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/0BSOx0pkt-8
WH Can’t Say If Biden Has Even Been Briefed On National Essential Medicine Shortage