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Mona Jaberidoost, Shekoufeh Nikfar, Akbar Abdollahiasl
1Department of Pharmacoeconomics and Pharmaceutical administration, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 1417614411, Iran. dinarvand@tums.ac.ir.
Pharmaceutical supply chain risks, primarily internal, disrupt medicine availability. Identifying and mitigating these risks, especially supply and supplier issues, is crucial for ensuring drug quantity, quality, and timely delivery.
Area of Science:
- Pharmaceutical supply chain management
- Risk identification and mitigation
Background:
- Medicine supply is critical for health systems, with pharmaceutical companies facing significant risks.
- Supply chain disruptions impact medicine quantity, quality, and delivery timeliness.
- Proactive risk identification and mitigation in pharmaceutical supply chains are essential.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate risks within the pharmaceutical supply chain from the perspective of manufacturing companies.
- To identify and categorize key risks affecting pharmaceutical supply chain operations.
Main Methods:
- Systematic literature review of pharmaceutical supply chain risk management studies.
- Searched Scopus, PubMed, Web of Science, and Google Scholar using specific keyword groups.
- Included a 4-step review process to exclude non-relevant articles.
Main Results:
- Identified 50 main risks across 7 categories from 9 reviewed articles.
- Supply and supplier issues were the most frequently reported risks.
- Organization, strategy, financial, logistic, political, market, and regulatory issues were also significant.
Conclusions:
- The majority of pharmaceutical supply chain risks are internal, stemming from mismanagement of processes, people, and functions.
- Effective mitigation strategies can address these internal risks.
- Focusing on internal operational efficiencies can enhance pharmaceutical supply chain resilience.
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