Threats of weather disasters for drug manufacturing facilities in the US

JAMA

2025-08-20

(Press-News.org) About The Study: In this nationwide assessment of the frequency with which climate-related disaster events affected counties with U.S. drug production facilities, researchers determined that nearly two-thirds of all facilities were located in counties that experienced at least one disaster declaration. These disaster events posed risks of disruptions to facilities active in all aspects of the supply chain, from active pharmaceutical ingredient manufacture to packaging, disruptions that could be further magnified by the time needed for Food and Drug Administration reinspection of damaged facilities.

Corresponding Author: To contact the corresponding author, Mahnum Shahzad, PhD, email mahnum_shahzad@g.harvard.edu.

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