US Pharmacopeia senior director, regional program operations, South Asia, Matruprasad Priyadarshi, discusses with Scrip the need to assess onshoring on a medicine-by-medicine basis and the organization’s efforts to support quality assessments for new mRNA-based therapies. The executive also flags up new trouble spots as metals such as aluminium and nickel, used in medical products and currently witnessing price surges, are mined in the war-torn Russia-Ukraine region.
Just as pandemic-related supply chain turbulence appeared to be settling, the Russia-Ukraine conflict has thrown up new challenges, with experts now also drawing attention to the possible commodities-related impact on medical products.
In an interview with Scrip, Matruprasad Priyadarshi, senior director, regional program operations, US Pharmacopeia (USP) South Asia, indicated that while...