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Standards support medicines supply chain resilience and the future of quality

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Quality across the product lifecycle The role of standards goes far beyond the drug manufacturing process – from the sourcing of raw materials to packaging, labeling, distribution, and point-of-care administration – to help ensure quality across the pharmaceutical product lifecycle.

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World Standards Day: Recognizing How Standards Enable a Strong Medicines Supply Chain

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With this extensive system in place, patients can trust that medicines with the same name will be consistent in quality no matter who manufactures it or where in the world it is made. Since manufacturers know the precise quality specifications, standards help make the approval process for generic medicines more efficient.

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Why are clinical trials struggling with diversity?

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The race to produce a vaccine which could protect the world against COVID-19 brought the topic of diversity in clinical trials, or lack of it, into sharp focus. Vaccines approved for public use require comprehensive RCTs to establish their safety and efficacy. The pandemic brought imbalances into sharp focus.

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