Greater US FDA And Manufacturer Transparency Recommended As Key to Supply Chain Resilience

Manufacturers could risk losing FDA product approvals if they fail to publicize sourcing and quality information, under new proposals. National Academies expert panel says supply chain transparency – not a pandemic-induced rush to onshoring requirements  –  provides the framework to mitigate against and respond to drug shortages.

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transparency measures would protect patients from supply failures • Source: Alamy

The key to increasing US pharmaceutical supply chain resiliency is to make the global supply chain publicly transparent, a National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine expert committee concluded in a 3 March report.

That means the US Food and Drug Administration should enhance awareness of possible shortcomings of the supply chain by publicizing sourcing, quality, volume and capacity information for all pharmaceutical and other medical products approved or cleared for sale in the

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