AAM Urges Diverse Supply Chain To Mitigate Future Crises

Insists On Proactive Policy Response In Wake Of Coronavirus

The AAM has outlined a set of principles that it says will help protect patient access to generics and biosimilars and aid in efforts to diversify the supply chain to help mitigate future crises. The association said it would work with policymakers and other stakeholders to formulate policies to address concerns that the coronavirus pandemic has raised.

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The AAM has urged supply chain diversification in order to tackle the COVID-19 crisis • Source: Shutterstock

Greater efforts are needed to diversify the pharmaceutical supply chain to help proactively respond to and mitigate future crises, based on lessons learned from the coronavirus pandemic, according to the US Association for Accessible Medicines.

The AAM acknowledged that at this point in the coronavirus pandemic Americans have not experienced COVID-19 related drug shortages, adding...

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