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Over half of the active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) for prescription medicines i...
Geographic concentration of active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturing volume shows that US generics come mainly from India, while Europe leads for branded drugs. US tariffs often apply based on where the API was made.
Manufacturing pharmaceutical ingredients in Nigeria...
Poor-quality medical products are all too common in Africa, where substandard and falsified medicines kill nearly 500,000 people each year, according to the United Nations. The continent also has the highest prevalence of poor-quality medicines among low- and middle-income countries at 18.7 percent.
In Nigeria, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), the national regulating authority for medical products, is prioritizing local production of medicines to ensure a safer supply of quality-assured medical products to protect patients and communities across the country and continent.
Global manufacturing capacity for active pharmaceutical ingredients remains concentra...
Korea’s Minister of Food & Drug Safety: Addressing Medicines Supply Chain Resilience ...
Building on the momentum of recent high-level engagements with health agencies from around the world, USP hosted a delegation from the Republic of Korea’s (South Korea) National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation (NIFDS) at our U.S. hub in Rockville, MD.