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MAY 9, 2025

Trade Tariffs Rattle Pharmacy Supply Chain; Are Drug Shortages Looming?

By Gina Shaw
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Tom Kraus, MHS, JD

The sweeping tariffs on all U.S. trading partners announced by the Trump administration on April 5 are likely to have a significant impact on the country’s pharmaceutical supply chain, particularly in the generic space, and could exacerbate existing drug shortages, experts say.

The order imposes a 10% tariff on all countries, as well as individualized reciprocal higher tariffs on the countries “with which the United States has the largest trade