Generic Supply Chain

WASHINGTON, DC (January 21, 2020) — The Association for Accessible Medicines (AAM) strongly endorses the Biden administration’s executive orders to strengthen America’s response to the COVID pandemic. Generic medicines have been instrumental in treating COVID patients with severe conditions, serving as a bridge until the COVID vaccines are widely available. AAM’s members are ready to partner with the Biden administration to ensure reliable and predictable access to these vital therapies.

WASHINGTON, DC (August 6, 2020) — Developers of generic and biosimilar medicines support diversification of the pharmaceutical supply chain and are working with policymakers to add to our significant manufacturing presence in the United States. The generic industry already makes tens of billions of doses of safe, effective and affordable medicines here in America each year and drafted recommendations to increase that production capacity – “A Blueprint for Enhancing the Security of the U.S.

WASHINGTON, DC (June 2, 2020) — The COVID-19 crisis exposed many shortcomings in our health care system’s ability to respond to a pandemic. At the same time, many parts of that same system — including the supply chain for the vast majority of generic medicines — demonstrated extraordinary resiliency in the face of unprecedented stresses.