China’s Global Pharma Supply Chain Operations Resuming In Wake Of Outbreak, USP Says

USP reference standard sales showed slow resumption of API manufacturing in China and less-than-expected API use in India.

China at night by VIIRS: This view of East Asia at night is a composite image assembled from data acquired by the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) satellite over nine days in April 2012 and thirteen days in October 2012
China getting back up and running after coronavirus outbreak • Source: NASA Earth Observatory, November 2012

China’s pharmaceutical manufacturing areas began recovering from coronavirus-related travel restrictions in mid-February, with production back up to half the normal rate, says US Pharmacopeia CEO Ron Piervincenzi.

The USP could detect that by reviewing Chinese sales of its physical reference standards.

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