Valisure Participation in Virtual Summit on Safe, Effective, & Accessible High-Quality Medicines
Valisure is honored to be a part of The American Hospital Association (AHA), American Medical Association (AMA), ASHP (American Society of Health-System Pharmacists), and the United States Pharmacopeia (USP), which all help advocate to improve the quality and availability of medications and support clinical decision-making and communications with patients and others involved in healthcare delivery.
On November 28, 2020, the American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy published a paper titled, Virtual Summit on Safe, Effective, and Accessible High-Quality Medicines as a Matter of National Security, recapping the Virtual Summit on Safe, Effective, and Accessible High-Quality Medicines as a Matter of National Security in July 2020.
The virtual summit aimed to achieve the following:
- Discuss US pharmaceutical supply chain resilience, including diversity of domestic and international sources, to ensure a consistently safe, effective, and accessible supply of quality medicines, devices, or other related supplies in light of the current state of global pharmaceutical manufacturing.
- Identify opportunities to strengthen the US and global regulatory system to ensure a safe, effective, and accessible supply of quality medicines to the American public.
- Develop recommendations for the private and public sectors to develop a national security and public health strategy that ensures a consistently safe, effective, and uninterrupted supply of quality medicines to the American public.
- Develop recommendations that help support clinical decision-making by healthcare providers and communications with patients and others involved in healthcare delivery.
David Light, Valisure's CEO, presented on Wednesday, July 29, 2020, to discuss drug product contamination, highlighting valsartan contamination with N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) dimethylformamide (DMF), both being probable human carcinogens. Mr. Light noted that these contaminants had been found in generic drugs and the branded product made by Novartis.
The summit identified critical findings for the private and public sectors to consider in developing a national security and public health strategy that ensures a consistently safe, effective, and uninterrupted supply of quality medicines to the American public. This section presents a summary of findings and the process for potential next steps.
About the AHA: The AHA is a not-for-profit association of health care provider organizations and individuals that are committed to the improvement of health in their communities. The AHA is the national advocate for its members, which include nearly 5,000 hospitals, health care systems, networks and other providers of care and 43,000 individual members. Founded in 1898, the AHA provides education for health care leaders and is a source of information on health care issues and trends.
About AMA: The American Medical Association is the physicians' powerful ally in patient care. As the only medical association that convenes 190+ state and specialty medical societies and other critical stakeholders, the AMA represents physicians with a unified voice to all key players in health care. The AMA leverages its strength by removing the obstacles that interfere with patient care, leading the charge to prevent chronic disease and confront public health crises and, driving the future of medicine to tackle the biggest challenges in health care.
About ASHP: ASHP represents pharmacists who serve as patient care providers in acute and ambulatory settings. The organization's more than 55,000 members include pharmacists, student pharmacists, and pharmacy technicians. For 78 years, ASHP has been at the forefront of efforts to improve medication use and enhance patient safety.
About USP: USP is an independent scientific organization that collaborates with the world's top experts in health and science to develop quality standards for medicines, dietary supplements, and food ingredients. Through our standards, advocacy and education, USP helps increase the availability of quality medicines, supplements and food for billions of people worldwide.
