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Commentary|Podcasts|April 12, 2024
Mitigating Drug Shortages
Author(s)Nicholas Saraceno, Senior Editor
Allen Jacques explains the history behind medications’ lack of supply, while offering ways to help alleviate their impact.
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In this exclusive PC Podcast interview, Allen Jacques, a life sciences industry thought leader at Kinaxis, dives into:
- What he sees as limitations of current government efforts when it comes to boosting domestic production of essential medicines, and why they aren’t sufficient
- How and why drug shortages occur
- The challenges that generic drug manufacturers are facing today
- Why more resilient and transparent supply chains are necessary in the pharmaceutical industry, and how these can help mitigate shortage issues
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