// June 21, 2023
Experiences strengthening quality assurance in the APEC region...
Quality assurance is a wide-ranging concept encompassing all factors that collectively influence the quality attributes of medical products.
APEC Medical Product Supply Chain Dialogue 2023
// September 10, 2024
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.
// June 14, 2023
Good distribution practices require coordination, collaboration, and continuous quali...
When it comes to good distribution practices (GDPs) for medical products, patient safety is the highest priority, panelists affirmed during an April 26 session of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum’s
// June 13, 2023
Implementing regulatory reforms and investing in supply chain integrity for pandemic ...
While the U.S. and World Health Organization (WHO) have declared an end to the public health emergency, opportunities remain for regulatory reforms to bolster supplies of quality medicines and prepare for the next pandemic.
// May 23, 2023
Internet Pharmacies are an Often-Overlooked Part of the Medicines Supply Chain ...
Many patients and consumers have a mental picture of the last leg of the pharmaceutical supply chain as a neighborhood drug store where they pick up their prescriptions. The advent of the Internet age, however, renders that picture incomplete at best.
// May 22, 2023
Identifying upstream supply chain vulnerabilities can help mitigate or prevent drug s...
After Laura Bray’s daughter was diagnosed with cancer and began chemotherapy treatment, she faced three separate shortages of the life-saving drugs she needed, all within nine months.
// May 18, 2023
Manufacturing solutions are essential to strengthen the global medicines supply chain...
Innovation and standardization across borders are essential to facilitate manufacturing solutions that can strengthen the global medicines supply chain, panelists suggested during an April 25 session of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC
// April 26, 2023
Essential elements of a strong, global medicines supply chain...
The U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) has long been recognized as an international leader in medicines quality and supply chain integrity.