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The hospital pharmacy between a stalled tender and the oncology ward

La farmacia ospedaliera tra gara ferma e reparto oncologico · Healthcare · Advanced

The case

You are the hospital pharmacy director. The regional tender for an essential chemotherapy drug is blocked by an appeal, the bridge contract expires in three weeks, and the outgoing supplier, knowing it holds the knife by the handle, offers an extension at a 60% higher price. Stocks cover twenty days of treatments; an emergency procurement at full price from another supplier is possible but must be justified and authorized; the oncology ward has 34 patients in active treatment who can suffer neither interruptions nor delays; and the administrative direction asks to contain a pharmaceutical budget already overrun. How do you guarantee continuity?

Sei il direttore della farmacia ospedaliera. La gara regionale per un chemioterapico essenziale è bloccata da un ricorso, il contratto ponte scade tra tre settimane, e il fornitore uscente, sapendo di avere il coltello dalla parte del manico, offre una proroga a un prezzo maggiorato del 60%. Le scorte coprono venti giorni di trattamenti; l'acquisto in deroga a prezzo pieno da un altro fornitore è possibile ma va motivato e autorizzato; il reparto oncologico ha 34 pazienti in trattamento attivo che non possono subire interruzioni né rinvii; e la direzione amministrativa chiede di contenere una spesa farmaceutica già fuori budget. Come garantisci la continuità?

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