FEMA launches 5-year supply chain plan for pandemic preparedness

The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Tuesday encouraged more companies to participate in a voluntary agreement to better coordinate manufacturing and distribution of critical health care products, such as personal protective equipment and pharmaceuticals, to combat COVID-19 and other pandemics during the next five years.

The agreement enables private sector partners to more freely share information with the federal government, and across industries, and take  action in the public interest that would normally be prohibited by antitrust laws. Read more here.