COVID-19 Supply Chain Management/Drug Shortage

Updates & Resources

• WHO Calls on Roche to Ensure Fair Distribution of Tocilizumab Amid Global Supply Shortage

• FDA Agrees to Extend Shelf Life of J&J Vaccine to Six Months

• US Purchases 200 Million More Doses of Pfizer/BioNTech Vaccine

• "Fractionation of COVID-19 Vaccine Doses May Stretch Supply

• Biden Administration Recommends Policy Changes to Secure US Pharmaceutical Supply Chain

• House Committee Examines Unsanitary Conditions at Baltimore Plant

• Shortage of Low-Dead-Space Syringes Leads to Waste of Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccines

• Pfizer and BioNTech Can Manufacture Up To 3 Billion COVID-19 Vaccine Doses in 2021

• Health Officials Say Every State Will Have COVID Vaccine Doses Within 24 Hours After FDA Green Light

• Covid-19 Vaccines Should First Go to Health Workers, First Responders, Group Recommends 

• Surviving The Waves of A Pandemic Strom: How to Fix the Supply Chain Flaws Exposed by COVID-19 

• Covid-19 Testing is Hampered by Shortages of Critical Ingredient

• Drug Makers Get Return-to-Normal Guidance From FDA

• Pandemic Lays Bare U.S. Reliance on China for Drugs 

• Drug Makers Struggle to Meet Demand for Antidepressant Zoloft Amid COVID-19

• America’s Pharmaceutical Supply and Payment Chain Collaborating to Promote Undisrupted Patient Access to Medications

• COVID-19 and Risks to the Supply and Quality of Tests, Drugs, and Vaccines  

• FDA Relaxes Rules to Make Muscle Relaxers, Drugs for COVID-19 

• Amid Pandemic, FDA Seizes Cheaper Drugs From Canada 

• FDA Relaxes Rules to Make Muscle Relaxers, Drugs for Covid-19 

• COVID-19 and Risks to the Supply and Quality of Tests, Drugs, and Vaccines 

• Exemption and Exclusion from Certain Requirements of the Drug Supply Chain Security Act During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

• FDA Added Hydroxychloroquine to Category 1 Under the Interim Policy on Compounding Using Bulk Substances 

• Business Continuity Resources for the Supply Chain 

• COVID-19 Supply Chain Resources 

• Current and Resolved Drug Shortages and Discontinuations Reported to FDA