Results for "Understanding Pharmaceutical Distribution"
Strengthening the Strategic National Stockpile for the Future
The Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) plays a critical role in supplementing state and local supplies during public health emergencies. The lifesaving medicines and healthcare products secured by the stockpile serve as a buffer when supplies may otherwise not be immediately available.
Pennsylvania Healthcare Community Launches Effort to Improve Supply Chain Integration and Collaboration
The Pennsylvania Healthcare Supply Chain Leadership Alliance (PA-HSCLA) convened the Commonwealth’s healthcare and provider industry today to launch a collective effort aimed at creating a more resilient healthcare product supply chain in the Commonwealth.
Distributors Leading the Way in the Next Phase of COVID-19
Since the emergence of COVID-19, HDA distributor members have worked tirelessly to navigate the exceptional and unprecedented demands of this public health emergency. From managing unique inventory demands of the first hotspots, to ensuring access to emerging treatment options and testing, HDA members draw upon their extensive supply and distribution networks, logistics expertise and experience navigating public health emergencies. Moreover, distributors are committed to the public- and private-sector partnerships that are critical in combating COVID-19, fueling our recovery and improving pandemic resiliency for the future.
World Health Day: HDA’s Commitment to a More Sustainable, Resilient Supply Chain
The World Health Organization has estimated that more than 13 million deaths around the globe are due to avoidable environmental causes stemming from climate change. Accordingly, this year’s World Health Day (April 7) theme is “Our Planet, Our Health,” which focuses on the political, social and commercial decisions that affect the environment as a factor in human health. The public and private sectors each can do their part on this front — and HDA believes that healthcare distributors have an important role to play in the health of the planet when it comes to delivering medications sustainably.