Industry Calls For Narrower, More Flexible Supply Risk Planning Program Than US FDA Proposed

Pharmaceutical industry groups pushed back on expansion beyond CARES Act requirements that agency proposed in draft guidance, saying it would increase the risk of drug shortages instead of reducing it. One group went further, objecting to cGMP regulatory creep into the supply chain.

Supply chain redundancy
outlining the perils of redundancy planning • Source: Shutterstock

Pharmaceutical industry groups have urged the US Food and Drug Administration to dial back the expectations for supply chain risk management planning that the agency laid out in recent draft guidance.

The guidance the FDA drafted in May called for not only the development of supply chain “redundancy risk management plans”...

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