AMA Journal of Ethics^®

Poor-quality antimicrobial medicines continue to proliferate across supply chains, threatening patients’ health and safety, especially in low- and middle-income regions.

Dr Amy B. Cadwallader joins Ethics Talk to discuss how critical medicine supply chains are identified and secured.

Reliable supply of quality-assured medicines is hard to maintain in refugee camps in low- and middle-income countries with conflict zones.

Dr Michael Ganio joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article: “How Should We Draw on Pharmacists’ Expertise to Manage Drug Shortages in Hospitals?”

International medicine importation raises ethics and safety questions that should be considered when weighing affordability against risk of harm.

Nisha Quasba joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Elliot Vice: “What Should Prescribers and Policy Makers Know About US Drug Importation?”

Pharmacists can help limit the threats drug shortages pose to patients.

Dr Amy B. Cadwallader joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Kavitha Nallathambi: “How Should Regulators and Manufacturers Prevent Avoidable Deaths of Children From Contaminated Cough Syrup?”

Quality control testing is ethically and clinically key to increasing transparency in excipient supply chains.

This article canvasses extant literature on values, evidence, and standards for inpatient psychiatry units’ design.