Medical supplies industry turns back the clock to revive pre-Covid supply chain strategies

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Written By Jennifer Joslyn

Despite the ongoing supply chain issues, the medical supplies industry is revisiting the past and implementing supply chain strategies that occurred pre-Covid. Healthcare supply chain issues have been persistent for years, and leaders in the medical supply sector are not surprised that they need to be creative.

Regulatory issues leave many suppliers looking to Washington D.C. for assistance. Legislation can circumvent import checks that create a backlog of products at the border when manufactured overseas. Some manufacturers are looking to move their operations outside of places like China - there are now 971 medical device manufacturing businesses in the United States as of January 2022.

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