Drug Recalls Put Spotlight on Drug Supply Chains

Robert Handfield, professor and director of the Supply Chain Resource Cooperative based in the NC State Poole College of Management, discusses the impact of drug recalls on drug supply chains in this WebMD article. He states that while globalization has helped keep the costs of drugs down, it has also left pharmaceutical companies “vulnerable to embarrassing recalls that may dampen the benefits of lower costs.” Read the full story here.