Vulnerability of medical Fixing Broken Medical

product supply: Supply Chains

The wake-up call of COVID-19
US National Press Foundation
Fiona A. Miller March 16, 2021
Professor & Chair in Health Management
Strategies
Director, Centre for Sustainable Health
Systems
Old problems 2

Medical supply chain vulnerability

Risks to production

Miller FA. et al. Vulnerability of the medical product supply chain:

The wake-up call of COVID-19. BMJ Quality & Safety. 2020 Nov 2.
Risks to availability

Miller FA. et al. Vulnerability of the medical product supply chain:

The wake-up call of COVID-19. BMJ Quality & Safety. 2020 Nov 2.
New policies 5

Medical supply chain vulnerability

Renewed interest in sustainable industrial policy
The re-turn to explicit industrial policy, with environmental, social and governance
standards for supply networks

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Renewed interest in sustainable industrial policy
The re-turn to explicit industrial policy, with environmental, social and governance
standards for supply networks

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Renewed criticism of unsustainable IP policy
Limitations of expansive IP rights under WTO

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Thank you

fiona.miller@utoronto.ca