Supply Chain Crunch Meets Olympics Shutdown: China, India Drug Makers Embrace For Perfect Storm
Lengthy factory shutdown to disrupt supply chains
To ensure the Beijing Winter Olympics is a smooth affair, the Chinese government has ordered partial or complete halts in industrial production in some provinces from late November until mid-March, disrupting an already fragile global pharma active ingredient supply chain. The emergence of the Omicron coronavirus variant is just adding to the complexities.