Below are recent articles related to business supply chains and how they are being or might be affected by COVID-19.
Healthcare-related supply chains
- India wants to be the 'pharmacy of the world.' But first, it must wean itself from China (CNBC, May 26)
- Pfizer to expand its largest manufacturing site to increase Paxlovid supply (FDA News, May 26)
- Teva recalls single generic thrombocytopenia drug lot (FDA News, May 26)
- COVID, mail room failures hindered FDA's formula response, commissioner says (Washington Post, May 25)
- Essential medicines report now available (Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness & Response, May 23)
- Novartis licensed blood cancer drug Tasigna in UN's MPP (FDA News, May 23)
- Medication shortages imperil hospice access, quality (Hospice News, May 19)
- Short-, mid-, and long-term strategies to manage the shortage of iohexol (Radiology, May 19)
- Use of Pfizer's Paxlovid spikes by 315 percent (FDA News, May 19)
- Contrast dye is the biggest medical supply shortage since masks (Bloomberg, May 19)
- Does Paxlovid help people who have been vaccinated against COVID-19? Show us the data! (Stat, May 18)
- Hospitals ration CT scans, awaiting dye from Shanghai GE plant (Bloomberg, May 17)
- FDA seeks to engage stakeholders on key considerations for a drug quality management maturity program (FDA, May 17)
- North Korea battles drug shortages amid COVID-19 outbreak (The Globe and Mail, May 16)
- Moderna completes EUA submission for use of COVID-19 vaccine in children (FDA News, May 13)
- Russian drugmakers facing shortage of excipients (The Pharma Letter, May 12)
- Sun Pharmaceuticals gets another Form 483 for continued manufacturing lapses (FDA News, May 12)
- Vizient and RISCS join forces over pharma supply chain pilot (FDA News, May 11)
- FDA open to less than 50 percent efficacy in COVID vaccines for smallest kids (FDA News, May 10)
- Retailers including CVS ration baby formula as shortages hit 50% (Bloomberg, May 9)
- Pediatrician's plea to parents: Do NOT make your own baby formula (Fox9, May 9)
- Survey: Industry leaders looking to shore up pharma supply chain (Outsourcing Pharma, May 5)
- 'Unprecedented crisis': Dacarbazine shortage prompts search for substitute Hodgkin therapy (Medscape, May 4)
- Scottish medicines body to reassess menopause drug amid HRT shortage (The Guardian, May 4)
Other supply chain issues
- China truck data showing lockdown's hit disappears from public (Bloomberg, May 25)
- Shanghai: World's biggest port is returning to normal, but supply chains will get worse before they get better (The Conversation, May 24)
- Global trade rebound stalls as war, COVID hit supply chains (Bloomberg, May 23)
- Supply chains are never returning to 'normal' (Freight Waves, May 18)
- Predictions of supply chain "chaos" as Shanghai resumes shipping (Maritime Executive, May 18)
- Can a COVID-zero China still lift up the world? (Bloomberg, May 17)
- How is 'the Great Resignation' affecting America's supply chain? (Global Trade Magazine, May 17)
- Shanghai plots path out of lockdown, but supply chain bottlenecks could last through the year (Fortune, May 16)
- The next hurdle for companies: Overhiring (Barron's, May 15)
- Supply chain pressure to persist through 2022, leading to permanent changes in trade (Ing, May 13)
- Tesla and Sony's problems show Shanghai's big restart is faltering (Bloomberg, May 11)
- China's trade slows as demand drops and COVID-19 lockdowns hit supply chains (Wall Street Journal, May 9)
- Adidas cuts profitability goal as Chinese lockdowns dent sales (Bloomberg, May 6)
- China's COVID policies have European companies wary of investing (New York Times, May 5)
- Shanghai lockdown reignites supply-chain problems for US companies (Wall Street Journal, May 4)
- COVID-19, Ukraine affecting food security in the Caribbean, new report says (Miami Herald, Apr 26)
- Formula recall leads to shortages on store shelves (ABC 57, Apr 26)
- The prospect of lockdowns in Beijing fuels more concerns about supply chain disruptions (New York Times, Apr 25)
- Shanghai's plan to reboot the supply chain will hit workers hardest (Wired, Apr 22)
- Chip-starved firms are scavenging silicon from washing machines (Bloomberg, Apr 20)
- Here's how China is supporting its COVID-stricken economy (Bloomberg, Apr 20)
- 'It's probably worse than Wuhan': Experts warn China's COVID-19 lockdowns will once again cripple global supply chains (Fortune, Apr 19)
- China vows to ease supply chain woes in foreign chamber meeting (Bloomberg, Apr 19)
- The security, privacy and supply chain problems of the Chinese military in your phone (Forbes, Apr 15)
- Get ready for the next supply chain shockwave (FreightWaves, Apr 15)
- US companies load up on costly inventories as new supply snarls loom in China (Reuters, Apr 14)
Industry impact
- Car sales dampened by chip shortage, COVID measures (Reuters, May 26)
- China update: COVID shutdowns and their effects on the global automotive industry (Wards Auto, May 24)
- These five workers left restaurant jobs in the pandemic. Where are they now? (Los Angeles Times, May 23)
- US economy on brink of recovering pre-COVID-19 job numbers, but more than half of industries lag (USA Today, May 19)
- China's zero-COVID policy dashes global hopes for quick economic return to normal (Reuters, May 18)
- Goldman Sachs cuts its China GDP forecast to 4% on COVID controls (CNBC, May 18)
- Some factories might leave China, but in the grand scheme of things it doesn't matter much (CNBC, May 16)
- China's COVID-zero controls have caused an economic slump not seen since the pandemic began (Fortune, May 16)
- Danish farmers turn their backs on mink after COVID mutation cull (The Guardian, May 13)
- Shanghai's big automakers saw production plunge by 75% in April after lockdowns began (CNBC, May 11)
- Which industries are leading the pandemic jobs recovery? (Axios, May 9)
- Airline body IATA now sees industry recovery in 2023 (Reuters, May 9)
- A shortage of health aides is forcing out those who wish to get care at home (NPR, May 5)
- Southeast Asian fruit industry feels squeeze of China's zero-COVID policy (Voice of America, May 3)
- China lockdowns wreak havoc on economy as Xi pledges support (Bloomberg, May 1)
- Caterpillar warns of weaker China demand as lockdown bite (Bloomberg, Apr 28)
- Chinese city with 'zero COVID' still hit by pandemic economic woes (Washington Post, Apr 26)
- Europe stocks close sharply lower as China COVID concerns overshadow Macron reelection (CNBC, Apr 25)
- The COVID pandemic didn't kill conventions after all (Bloomberg, Apr 22)
- For airlines, the mask mandate couldn't end soon enough (New York Times, Apr 19)
- Some Americans who retired early during COVID are returning. Can they solve the labor shortage? (USA Today, Apr 19)
- Shutdowns in China spread as COVID infections rise (PBS News Hour, Apr 15)
- Health tech fund raises $800 million as COVID speeds up change in the medical industry (Fortune, Apr 14)
- China's imports unexpectedly fall as COVID curbs convulse trade outlook (Reuters, Apr 13)
- No end in sight for spiking prices? Enter the 'peak inflation' crowd (Politico, Apr 12)