Security of America’s Medical Product Supply Chain

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Over the past several decades, supply chain disruptions have repeatedly plagued the U.S. health care system, costing health care systems millions of dollars per year, threatening the clinical research enterprise, and most importantly, imperiling the health and lives of patients. The Committee on Security of America's Medical Supply Chain, convened by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, was charged with addressing this important issue by examining the root causes of medical product shortages and identifying ways to enhance their resilience - both in so-called normal times and during public health emergencies.

Building Resilience into the Nation's Medical Product Supply Chains outlines the committee's seven recommendations and presents a framework of protection comprising awareness, mitigation, preparedness, and response measures.

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364 pages · 6 x 9 · paperback
ISBN Paperback: 0-309-27469-9
ISBN Ebook: 0-309-27471-0
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/26420

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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Building Resilience into the Nation's Medical Product Supply Chains. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.

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Recent disasters and health emergencies, including the COVID-19 pandemic, have shed light on the fragility of the U.S. medical supply chain and underscored the need to explore policy, regulatory, and systems solutions to prevent and mitigate the impacts of shortages on public health, national security, and patient care. Under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine established an ad hoc committee to examine the security and resilience of the U.S. medical product supply chain. Specifically, the committee was asked to assess and evaluate the impact of U.S. dependence on critical drugs and devices sourced or manufactured outside the U.S. and provide recommendations to improve the resilience and address the vulnerabilities of the medical supply chain.

On December 1 and 2, 2020, the Committee on Security of America's Medical Product Supply Chain held a two-day virtual public workshop focused on assessing lists of critical and essential medical products. The workshop sought to conceptually explore how critical and essential medical product lists are developed and used in practice. The committee's consensus study report will be available in 2022. This Proceedings of a Workshop-in Brief summarizes the discussions that occurred at the workshop.

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11 pages · 8.5 x 11 ·
ISBN Ebook: 0-309-46449-8
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/26137

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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2021. The Security of America's Medical Product Supply Chain: Considerations for Critical Drugs and Devices: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.

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