The Fragile Flow of Critical Medicines: Rethinking Our Drug Supply Resilience
Every hospital shelf and pharmacy counter depends on an invisible global current, the pharmaceutical supply chain. Yet this lifeline for critical medicines is a dangerously thin, fragile network shaped as much by economics and geopolitics as by science, leaving both patients and national security vulnerable when that current falters.
Critical Medicines Are a Matter of National Security
There are approximately 288 critical medicines identified by national and international experts as indispensable for patient care; their absence causes immediate harm.
The World Health Organization defines! "indispensable" with respect to basic healthcare, while our FDA’s criteria are a bit broader.However, in both instances, these medications have no therapeutic substitutes, or delaying treatment can dramatically worsen outcomes.
Author summary: Global pharmaceutical supply chain is fragile.
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