Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Jul 2017
Keeping the U.S. prescription drug supply chain among the safest in the world
20 July 2017 - The U.S. prescription drug supply is among the safest in the world, but it can be challenging to keep it that way.
Criminals – both here and abroad – constantly threaten to replace safe, effective, and high-quality prescription medications with counterfeit, stolen, and otherwise substandard products.
Roughly 4 billion prescriptions were filled at U.S. retail pharmacies last year. That’s a lot of prescription drugs moving through the U.S. supply chain that patients are relying on. In today’s global pharmaceutical environment, in which a large percentage of FDA-approved prescription drug products are made outside of the United States, we are continuously looking for ways to keep the drug supply secure.
