COVID-19 and risks to the supply and quality of tests, drugs, and vaccines
Paul N Newton
Katherine C Bond
on behalf of 53 signatories from 20 countries †
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Open AccessPublished:April 09, 2020DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30136-4
Emergency efforts are underway to find optimum medical products to prevent infection and diagnose and treat patients during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Production and supply chains for COVID-19 candidate drugs (such as chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine), and for many other essential medical products, are being impaired by this crisis.1 Supply chains for vital drugs for other diseases (such as systemic lupus erythematosus) are being disrupted because they are being repurposed to use against COVID-19, without adequate supporting evidence.