LONDON, March 16 (Reuters) – War in the Middle East is disrupting the flow of critical medicines to the Gulf, imperilling supply routes for cancer drugs and other treatments that require refrigeration and forcing companies to reroute flights ​and find overland access into the region, industry executives said.

The conflict, sparked by U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran two weeks ago and broadened by Iranian strikes around the region, ‌has knocked out key air transit hubs and closed shipping routes, snarling the movement of goods for many products from medicines to food and oil.