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Vimala Raghavendran

Sr Director, Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Center
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Supply Chain
 // April 17, 2025

Over half of the active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) for prescription medicines in the U.S. come from India and the European Union

This blog is part of a series on the geographic concentration of pharmaceutical manufacturing

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Over half of the active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) for prescription medicines in the U.S. come from India and the European Union
Supply Chain
 // February 19, 2025

India and the United States manufacture most finished medicines for the U.S. market

This blog is part of a series on the geographic concentration of pharmaceutical manufacturing

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Supply Chain
 // October 24, 2023

Why cancer medicines are and continue to be vulnerable to drug shortages

The frightening words, “you have cancer”, will be heard by approximately

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Vimala Raghavendran Praewpaka Drucker
cancer patient holding hands
Supply Chain
 // May 22, 2023

Identifying upstream supply chain vulnerabilities can help mitigate or prevent drug shortages

After Laura Bray’s daughter was diagnosed with cancer and began chemotherapy treatment, she faced

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Bray speaking during an April 25 panel session of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum’s Medical Product Supply Chain Dialogue, co-hosted by the U.S. FDA and USP in Rockville, Maryland

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