JAMA Study Maps Climate Disaster Exposure Across US Drug Manufacturing

Most US drug facilities are in areas hit by natural disasters, risking shortages

More than 60 percent of US drug facilities are in areas with weather disasters.

How hurricanes, fires, and floods put drugs and medical supplies at risk - The Boston Globe

Nearly two-thirds of US drug production facilities are located in areas that have had a major disaster like a fire or hurricane in recent years, according to a new study published in the peer-reviewed journal JAMA.

Is It Bad That Two-Thirds of Drug Manufacturing Facilities Are in Increasingly Disaster-Prone Areas?

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U.S. Drug Plants Squarely in the Path of Hurricanes, Floods, and Fires

Disasters pose risks of disruptions to facilities active in all aspects of the supply chain

How Hurricanes, Fires and Floods Put Drugs and Medical Supplies at Risk

A new study shows that a large chunk of US drug factories are in disaster-prone areas.

America’s fragile drug supply chain is extremely vulnerable to climate change

(Ars Technica) – Using data from the Food and Drug Administration, the researchers identified 10,861 drug facilities that were active for at least one year between 2019 and 2024. These facilities represent the array of manufacturing stages of a drug, from analyzing raw drug materials, manufacturing active ingredients, to packaging drug products. The researchers then looked at the county location of each of these facilities and whether any federa…