Trump Buy American EO Asks FDA To Speed Approvals, Ease Regs

By Kelly Lienhard / August 6, 2020 at 12:53 PM

President Donald Trump will sign a “buy American” executive order Thursday afternoon (Aug. 6) that directs FDA to work closely with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to speed domestic approvals of essential medical products, loosen continuous manufacturing regulations, identify supply chain vulnerability, and target dangerous counterfeit drug and medical product imports.


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