You're correct. The drugshortagescanada.ca website is a very transparent way to see what drugs are in shortage.
I'll put that into perspective. You're correct that there are other pediatric drugs that are currently in shortage. That does not necessarily mean that there will be a stock outage. At this point, there are about 800 drugs in shortage in Canada. To put that into further perspective, with regard to those that reach the national critical level, at this point we have 22. On a regular basis, we do manage these shortages successfully.
On the other two you mentioned, azithromycin and amoxicillin, when we receive signals, we take them seriously. We look to understand what the situation is with the suppliers, what the supply looks like, what the demand looks like, what the reason for the shortage is and what the anticipated end date of the shortage is. We always look at how we can manage supply that exists and how we can shore up that supply. In some cases, manufacturers are able to ramp up supply or bring in supply that is manufactured in other markets.
I'll speak about one example because you asked about examples.
Caffeine citrate, for example, is another drug that you'll see on that list that is currently at a national critical level. It's used to treat infants and newborns with apnea. In that situation, we have been able to understand early in the shortage what the supply gaps will be and to work with manufacturers to make sure that we have supply coming in that will fill those supply gaps before they are even felt.