Supply chains will become more local in the pharmaceutical industry, says healthcare CEO

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At the start of the pandemic some experts warned of a temporary drug shortage in the U.S.

around the world. Meanwhile, India provides around 40% to 50% of all generic drugs in the U.S., according to B&K Securities analyst Rohit Bhat.

Meeson emphasized the need for collaboration between parties involved in the production of drugs, such as universities "doing the discovery work" and manufacturers who can produce medicine at scale. "We've got to keep working on this as we go forward as it's very hard when you're not … in a pandemic, to think about one," he said.

"I know that many of the countries are making sure that they've got their own … local manufacturing and technical capabilities online; we're working very closely with the governments across the world to be in a position to support that as we go forward." Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies is working with developer Novavax to manufacture a Covid-19 vaccine. In August, theto buy 60 million doses of the potential vaccine, known as NVX-CoV2373, which is currently undergoing clinical trials. The U.S. government agreed to pay Novavax $1.6 billion to develop and manufacture the vaccine in July, as part of its Operation Warp Speed initiative.business is best known for film and photography products but has diversified in recent years.

 

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Great opportunity to help Mexico and Canada become a pharmaceutical suppliers. Inland not limited to border towns

Shouldn’t live nation be 25 dollars a share if this covid cases were a huge scare. Sorry not buying the fake news

You guys put in idiots that admit they are idiots. Guy says market going to fall but haven’t done the research. Wow. Great guests.

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