Ophthalmic drug shortages comprise approximately 15% of all active drug shortages in the US, according to a retrospective analysis of nationally representative data from the University of Utah.1 Investigators led by Ian F. Pitha, MD, PhD, an ophthalmologist at the John A. Moran Eye Center, found that not only do ophthalmic drugs constitute a significant rate of the drug shortages reported in the US since 2001 — but their shortages generally last nearly a month longer than average.