MedPage Today November 27, 2023
Joyce Frieden

— Biden will use the Defense Production Act to increase American production of some medications

The U.S. must keep the supply chain for drugs and other commodities “stable and secure in the long term to keep preserving a little bit of breathing room for American families,” President Biden said Monday.

Fortunately, the administration is making progress, the president noted in a press conference held in the Indian Treaty Room at the Executive Office Building in the White House complex. Some of the supply chain initiatives the administration announced Monday include:

Use of the Defense Production Act to mitigate drug shortages. “I’m proud to announce that I’ll be invoking what’s known as the Defense Production Act to boost production of essential...

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