Drug Shortages: FDA Wants Ideas To Boost Manufacturing Quality For Strategic Plan
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Agency asks for comments to help it formulate a strategic plan to mitigate and prevent drug shortages, including ideas for incentives to increase manufacturing capacity and promote increased quality.
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