Inflation, new COVID-19 waves and delayed cold and flu outbreaks are causing disruption to Europe's paracetamol supply chain. Industry is not currently concerned, but regulators, for example in France, are introducing measures to prevent this issue spreading from children's to adult forms of the drug, as well as to ibuprofen-based alternatives.
Europe’s supply of OTC paracetamol suspension products, mainly for children, is coming under strain, according to an investigation by Generics Bulletin sister publication HBW Insight.
A number of factors, including price inflation – particularly in the cost of raw materials – recent waves of COVID-19...