Health Affairs July 1, 2024
Melissa Barber, Reshma Ramachandran, Suerie Moon

Abstract

Global supply chains for active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) are highly centralized in certain countries and are susceptible to supply-chain shocks. However, there is no systematic monitoring or global coordination to manage risk and ensure equitable supply continuity during public health emergencies. In this study, we applied quasi-experimental methods on shipment-level customs data to determine how prices and export volume for APIs exported from India were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. We found that API prices for key essential medicines not used for...

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Topics: Biotechnology, Healthcare System, Pharma, Pharma / Biotech, Public Health / COVID, Supply Chain, Technology
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