Urgent international action is needed by governments and pharmaceutical supply chain stakeholders to reopen air freight routes used by the global off-patent industry so that critical medicines can be supplied to help tackle the coronavirus pandemic, according to the International Generic and Biosimilar Medicines Association.
Reduction In Flights Hits Global Supply Chain
Global And European Bodies Call For Urgent Action Amid Coronavirus
Urgent action is needed to reopen air freight routes so that the global off-patent industry can deliver critical medicines and supplies amid the coronavirus pandemic, international industry representatives have insisted.

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