Generic drugs made up about 90% of US prescriptions in 2022.
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Of respondents, 95% say the pandemic revealed drug supply chain vulnerabilities.
Patients may not know about the drugs or don't want them.
COVID has compounded how the lack of country-of-origin data can affect drug safety, affordability, availability, and national security.
After battling foreign fluctuations, Nexus Pharmaceuticals bucks convention and builds local.
Also, a syringe shortage looms, and African nations lag woefully in COVID-19 vaccine uptake.
The agency will not act as a stand-alone regulatory body, but as a coordinator.
Allocations and purchase limits for some treatments are rolling out across the US.
An analysis determines that the approach would be more cost-effective in the US than in China or India.
Report says the supply chain needs more assessment, and mitigation steps must be fully developed.
Point-of-care testing for C-reactive protein (CRP) in nursing home residents with suspected lower respiratory tract infections resulted in a large reduction in antibiotic prescribing at initial consultation, according to the results of a cluster-randomized trial published this week in BMJ.