Resilient Drug Supply Project (RDSP) Co-Principal Investigator Stephen Schondelmeyer, PharmD, PhD, has been named to the first board of the newly launched End Drug Shortages Alliance (EDSA), the organization announced this week in a news release.

EDSA, a collaboration of health systems and supply chain and pharmaceutical industry experts, aims to end drug shortages by boosting transparency, communication, quality, redundancy, and production. The project was spearheaded by healthcare services company Vizient.

RDSP is part of the University of Minnesota's Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, publisher of CIDRAP News.

In addition to Schondelmeyer, the organization appointed Eric Tichy, PharmD, MBA, division chair of pharmacy supply solutions for Mayo Clinic as board chair and Terri Wilson, RPh, director of pharmacy and supply chain services at Children's Hospital Association as vice-chair.

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