Standards play an important role in the global medicines supply chain, helping governments and manufacturers increase the availability of safe, quality medicines, as well as building patient and health provider trust. In fact, quality standards are a big reason why we in the U.S. can get a prescription filled at our neighborhood pharmacy and trust that the medicine we receive will be safe and work as it should.
Investments to create a more resilient medicines supply chain and prepare for future public health emergencies are among key provisions of the mammoth $1.7 trillion, bipartisan government appropriations bill signed in
World standards day (WSD) is celebrated in October each year to recognize the thousands of scientists and other experts around the world who develop standards that impact every aspect of our daily lives.
Proper storage and transportation of finished drug products is critical to activities in an integrated supply chain.
Since the start of the pandemic, the U.S. government has allocated over $34 billon to improve U.S. medicines supply chain resilience.
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