Jan 15, 2025 · The Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) outlines steps to achieve an interoperable and electronic way to identify and trace certain prescription drugs at the package level as they move...

FDA has safeguards in place to protect the integrity of the drug supply chain to help ensure safe, effective and high-quality drugs reach U.S. consumers. Our system of federal and state laws...

Drug Shortages can occur for many reasons, including manufacturing and quality problems, delays, and discontinuations. Manufacturers provide FDA most drug shortage information, and the agency...

Oct 9, 2024 · The Drug Supply Chain Security Act, signed into law on Nov. 27, 2013, outlines steps to achieve interoperable, electronic tracing of products at the package level to identify and trace certain prescription drugs as they are distributed in the United States.

Mar 27, 2025 · As of December 2024, the number of active drug shortages is down 271 from an all-time high of 323 in early 2024. 1 Recent disruptions in the supply of oncology products and other critical areas—such as central nervous system drugs, antimicrobials, hormone agents, and cardiology therapies—have highlighted the need for a unified approach ...

2 days ago · Trade tariffs on Canadian pharmaceuticals could increase U.S. costs by $750 million and disrupt drug supply chains. The tariffs would affect over 400 medications, including 28 with no alternative ...

Drug supply management has seven main components. World drug experts identified the basic tasks to correctly manage each drug supply component. The tasks are called the standard procedures of drug supply management. The procedures simplify …

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) defines drugs as in shortage when the total supply of all versions of a commercially available product cannot meet the current demand.

Feb 20, 2025 · Generic drugs and U.S. supply shortages are inextricably linked. According to testimony shared in a 2023 U.S. Senate Committee on Finance meeting regarding drug shortages, 90% of all medicines prescribed nationwide are generic drugs, and 84% of drug shortages involve generic drugs. As shortages have become more frequent, researchers have ...

Mar 6, 2025 · Drugs such as cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin generate large revenues all along their supply chains, from where the products (and precursor materials) are grown or made – principally ...