{"title":"COVID-19's Limited Impact on Drug Shortages in Canada.","authors":"Étienne Gaudette","doi":"10.3138/cpp.2020-107","DOIUrl":"10.3138/cpp.2020-107","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Using data from the Drug Shortages Canada website, we ask whether the first months of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic were associated with a significant increase in drug shortages in Canada. We find an increase of 147 shortages (32 percent) reported by manufacturers during March and April 2020 relative to the same months in previous years. The upsurge was concentrated during the two-week period from 25 March to 7 April 2020, after which report counts returned to usual levels. Excess reports cite both supply-side and demand-side causes for shortages. Increases were noted in therapeutic classes associated with COVID-19 care.</p>","PeriodicalId":8941,"journal":{"name":"Biotechnology Techniques","volume":"2 1","pages":"S307-S312"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2020-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8091649/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73327216","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Determination of urinary oxalate with alkylamine glass-bound sorghum oxalate oxidase and horseradish peroxidase","authors":"M. Thakur, C. Pundir","doi":"10.1023/A:1008938311020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008938311020","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8941,"journal":{"name":"Biotechnology Techniques","volume":"13 1","pages":"227-230"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1023/A:1008938311020","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"57537066","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Quantitative determination of the spatial distribution of microbial growth kinetics within alginate beads using an image analysis technique","authors":"Peter Condron, A. Mcloughlin, M. Upton","doi":"10.1023/A:1008914429652","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008914429652","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8941,"journal":{"name":"Biotechnology Techniques","volume":"13 1","pages":"927-930"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1023/A:1008914429652","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"57522427","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Anti-attacin polyclonal antibody from an in vitro derived antigen used for immunoblot to quantify attacin expressed in transgenic apple","authors":"K. Ko, J. Norelli, S. Brown, H. Aldwinckle","doi":"10.1023/A:1008924207786","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008924207786","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8941,"journal":{"name":"Biotechnology Techniques","volume":"13 1","pages":"849-857"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1023/A:1008924207786","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"57527644","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluation of simple enzyme kinetics by response surface modelling","authors":"M. Andersson, P. Adlercreutz","doi":"10.1023/A:1008994613645","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008994613645","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8941,"journal":{"name":"Biotechnology Techniques","volume":"13 1","pages":"903-907"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1023/A:1008994613645","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"57566127","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Histochemical detection of laccase in Pycnoporus cinnabarinus using microwave-enhanced colloidal gold microcrystallization","authors":"Cameron L. Jones, G. Lonergan","doi":"10.1023/A:1008965925940","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008965925940","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8941,"journal":{"name":"Biotechnology Techniques","volume":"13 1","pages":"871-875"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1023/A:1008965925940","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"57549579","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rapid and sensitive galactose oxidase-peroxidase biosensor for galactose detection with prolonged stability","authors":"J. Tkáč, Pavol Gemeiner, E. Šturdı́k","doi":"10.1023/A:1008966413722","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008966413722","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8941,"journal":{"name":"Biotechnology Techniques","volume":"13 1","pages":"931-936"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1023/A:1008966413722","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"57549796","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
B. Janderová, O. Janoušková, H. Flegelová, V. Vondrejs
{"title":"The groove assay for quantitative estimating the killer toxin activity or susceptibility of S. cerevisiae strains to killer toxins","authors":"B. Janderová, O. Janoušková, H. Flegelová, V. Vondrejs","doi":"10.1023/A:1008934410010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008934410010","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8941,"journal":{"name":"Biotechnology Techniques","volume":"13 1","pages":"883-887"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1023/A:1008934410010","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"57533858","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Optimized operating parameters for the displacement separation of biomolecules in immobilized metal ion affinity chromatography","authors":"Young J. Kim","doi":"10.1023/A:1008991709834","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008991709834","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8941,"journal":{"name":"Biotechnology Techniques","volume":"13 1","pages":"837-842"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1023/A:1008991709834","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"57564800","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}