‘Perfect Storm’: Pandemic Creates Wakeup Call for U.S. Drug Supply’s Overseas Manufacturing Dependence
“With the pandemic brewing and the supply chain interrupted, the realization of the nation’s dependence on foreign manufacturing prompted solutions.
AFC had a facility located here — and they are a well-known industry leader in the U.S. There was also expertise in the local area, such as Dr. Frank Gupton, who had worked at this facility in the past and was now in a unique position at the VCU College of Engineering’s Medicines for All Institute, where he is leading a research group geared towards the continuous processing side of the equation instead of traditional medicinal chemistry.”
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