US FDA Races To List Essential Medicines For Domestic Manufacture By White House Deadline

With list due 4 November, there may not be time for public comment. Meanwhile, where will biopharma find fill/finish capacity?

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The executive order for the US government to buy American-made essential medicines that president Trump signed 6 August has stirred a rush of activity in the US Food and Drug Administration to decide which medicines are essential, Douglas Throckmorton, deputy director for regulatory programs in the agency’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, told the recent Parenteral Drug Association/FDA meeting.

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