Democratic President Joe Biden has backed such programs as a way to lower prices, signing an executive order in 2021 that directed the FDA to work with states on imports. Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis
The bill aims at ensuring "quality, safety, efficacy, performance and clinical trial of new drugs with the objective of highest possible regulatory standards.
Warning of a coming “panic” over decreasing drug supplies, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Sunday outlined steps to strengthen the supply chain. The U.S. has shortages of about 300 drugs for everything from cancer to asthma, he said, citing the Food and Drug Administration — and the situation is poised to get worse. “There’s a dire drug shortage hitting New York and the nation right .
Faced with shortages of medicines, a German doctors' union is calling on the government to change course away from Chinese and Indian imports, according to Anadolu Agency. "For supply security, there needs to be significantly more transparency and completely new supply chains