India Plays a Major Role in the World’s Pharmaceutical Supply Chain 🧬

What we’re showing

The top countries ranked by their number of facilities that produce active U.S.-approved API products. This data comes from the U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) Medicine Supply Map.

Context

• An API (active pharmaceutical ingredient) is the component in a drug that produces the required effect on the body to treat a condition.
• According to Statista, India is the world’s biggest supplier of generic medications, and produces over 60% of thew world’s vaccinations (see Source tab).

Methodology

The USP Medicine Supply Map covers 91% of finished drug product and over 44% of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) manufacturers to National Drug Code (NDC) groups for drugs sold in the U.S.