Supply Chain Research

U.S. imports of medical supplies needed to tackle COVID-19 may be slowing. Shipments of PPE, ventilators and pharmaceuticals all fell in the first half of July versus June on a daily average basis. Shipments of ventilators dropped by 26.6% sequentially while PPE and pharmaceuticals fell by 21.6% and 1.8% respectively. Within PPE, masks dropped by 24.0% after improving in prior months due to increased shipments by Walgreens among others. While shipments of gloves improved by 9.6% sequentially in July, the latter may be complicated by the detention of imports linked to Top Glove due to for...