This is from last week 👇
There has been some interest in the book since, especially from Canada, UK and US, which is encouraging. I wrote it because I knew that eventually, supply chain malfeasance was going to raise its ugly head at some point. It hasn’t quite done that, I don’t think, but it will, trust me. Whether you believe COVID injections are bioweapons aiming to depopulate the world, or whatever else, a supply chain was required to get them into peoples arms and bodies.
When you know how the drug development process builds the supply chain, and the checks and balances that must be in place (that were not), it will hit you right between the eyes (metaphorically speaking, of course!).
To give you an idea of what is in there, this is how it begins:
CHAPTER 1 ABOUT THIS BOOK
This book is for the enlightenment of anyone wishing to learn more about pharmaceutical supply chains in general, and the COVID-19 supply chains in particular. Prescription and over-the-counter drugs (drugs from here on) are the single biggest intervention in medical practice. The supply chains that produce them are the vehicle by which drugs get into your body.
Once in, you cannot get them out. The book aims to explain to you all the things you need to know about developing, producing, and distributing drugs in the supply chain.
About you
You will be curious, someone who likes to ask questions and get answers based on facts and evidence. As well as being curious, you may well find the contents here useful in your chosen line of work or profession. That would include people working inside and outside the industry where a deeper knowledge of pharmaceutical supply chains will help them carry out their work more effectively. Also, you may have been damaged in some way by pharmaceutical supply chains or wish to avoid being damaged in the future. There was a tragic event in 2007 where patients died and suffered serious adverse reactions, after a toxic material had been substituted for a genuine raw material in the supply chain for the blood thinner heparin. Readers can find this detailed in Chapter 7.
Despite intense activity between Governments, Regulatory Authorities and industry, there is nothing to prevent it happening again. That, and the issues of counterfeiting and diversion of cargo for illicit economic benefit, will be covered later. Finally, you may want to get your questions on the COVID-19 response answered. Questions such as:
“Why did so many critical items go into short supply?”
“Why were over 90% of raw materials sourced from China?”
“What risk management plans were in place?”
Most tellingly “Who was in charge of it all?!”
What should you take away from this book?
What picture comes to mind when you think of pharmaceutical supply-chains?
* Not a single one?
* Lorries pulling up at the hospital unloading bay?
* Vans/trucks delivering into the pharmacy?
If those are mainly the pictures that come to mind, you should get a lot out of this book. There is much more to it than that. That’s only the tip of the iceberg. The journey through the various production stages, beginning with raw materials, sees drugs and their components travel tens, if not hundreds of thousands of miles.
They go through multiple airports, seaports, countries, and continents. They are acted upon, handed over, acted upon again, handed over again… …and so it goes. The typical length, from beginning to receipt of the product in the pharmacy is 2 - 3 years. That is what is known as the cumulative lead-time.
It means that the companies at the beginning (raw material producers) are producing materials for drugs that will be needed in 2 or 3 years’ time. The quantities they produce depend on projections, estimates, and forecasts. These are handed down from the companies along the chain. The company developing or selling the drugs at the top of the chain must start the ball rolling, based on sales expectations in their business plans.
When a seismic change in demand occurs, as with COVID-19, it is going to severely challenge the best of supply chains. When the supply chains have been neglected by their owners for decades, we get what we got; chaos and confusion.
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Get your copy by clicking on this link if in Canada or US, or your local Amazon site
I read it, and I highly recommend this book!
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I Wouldn’t Jump To Conclusions
About The Vaccine.
I’d Wait Until They’re All Dead
Just To Be Sure.
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