Making Pharmaceuticals Round Table “European pharmaceutical strategy: strengths and weaknesses”

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The pandemic emergency and the current growing political uncertainty have impacted the global pharma supply chain, highlighting strengths and also weaknesses, revealing how manufacturers of active ingredients are in a key position to ensure the availability of medicines and counteract the phenomenon of supply shortages. However, competition from Asian and Indian countries has led to a slowdown in the production of active ingredients in Europe in recent years and to an increasing dependence in obtaining finished drugs.