Academic Articles

June 12, 2025
Prescription for made in America? Tariffs and U.S. drug manufacturing
Mariana P Socal, Maqbool Dada, Tinglong Dai
Health Affairs Scholar, Volume 3, Issue 7, July 2025, qxaf122, https://doi.org/10.1093/haschl/qxaf122

April 30, 2025
Tariffs as a Hidden Tax: Price Pass-Through in Multi-Stage Supply Chains
Dada M, Dai T, Sun Y, Socal M.
Johns Hopkins Carey Business School Research Paper No. 25-23, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5237643 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5237643

April 5, 2025

Drug Shortages-A Study in Complexity
Socal MP, Sharfstein JM.
JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Apr 1;7(4):e244168. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.4168. PMID: 38578644.

April 29, 2024
Global Production of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients for US Generic Drugs Experiencing Shortages
Socal MP, Crane MA, Anderson GF.
JAMA. 2024 May 28;331(20):1763‑1765. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.5296. Erratum in: JAMA. 2024 Jul 9;332(2):173. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.11152. PMID: 38683587; PMCID: PMC11059038.

February 15, 2024
Competition and Vulnerabilities in the Global Supply Chain for US Generic Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients
Socal MP, Ahn K, Greene JA, Anderson GF.
Health Aff (Millwood). 2023 Mar;42(3):407‑415. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2022.01120. Epub 2023 Feb 15. PMID: 36791331.

January 4, 2024
Addressing the Drug‑Shortage Crisis in Oncology
Yang YT, Socal M, Bennett CL.
JAMA Oncol. 2024 Feb 1;10(2):155‑156. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2023.5722. PMID: 38175651.

March 10, 2021
The Pandemic and the Supply Chain: Gaps in Pharmaceutical Production and Distribution
Socal MP, Sharfstein JM, Greene JA.
Am J Public Health. 2021 Apr;111(4):635‑639. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2020.306138. Epub 2021 Jan 28. PMID: 33507805; PMCID: PMC7958046.

August 12, 2020
Critical Drugs for Critical Care: Protecting the US Pharmaceutical Supply in a Time of Crisis
Socal MP, Sharfstein JM, Greene JA.
Am J Public Health. 2020 Sep;110(9):1346‑1347. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2020.305803. PMID: 32783707; PMCID: PMC7427237.

Tariffs as a Hidden Tax: Price Pass-Through in Multi-Stage Supply Chains
Dada M, Dai T, Sun Y, Socal M.
Johns Hopkins Carey Business School Research Paper Forthcoming. 2025 Apr 30
Drug Shortages-A Study in Complexity
Socal MP, Sharfstein JM.
JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Apr 1;7(4):e244168. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.4168. PMID: 38578644.
Critical Drugs for Critical Care:
Protecting the US Pharmaceutical Supply in a Time of Crisis
Socal MP, Sharfstein JM, Greene JA.
Am J Public Health. 2020 Sep;110(9):1346-1347. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2020.305803. PMID: 32783707; PMCID: PMC7427237.
Addressing the Drug-Shortage Crisis in Oncology
Yang YT, Socal M, Bennett CL.
JAMA Oncol. 2024 Feb 1;10(2):155-156. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2023.5722. PMID: 38175651.
The Pandemic and the Supply Chain: Gaps in Pharmaceutical Production and Distribution
Socal MP, Sharfstein JM, Greene JA.
Am J Public Health. 2021 Apr;111(4):635-639. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2020.306138. Epub 2021 Jan 28. PMID: 33507805; PMCID: PMC7958046.
Competition And Vulnerabilities In The Global Supply Chain For US Generic Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients
Socal MP, Ahn K, Greene JA, Anderson GF.
Health Aff (Millwood). 2023 Mar;42(3):407-415. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2022.01120. Epub 2023 Feb 15. PMID: 36791331.
Global Production of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients for US Generic Drugs Experiencing Shortages
Socal MP, Crane MA, Anderson GF.
JAMA. 2024 May 28;331(20):1763-1765. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.5296. Erratum in: JAMA. 2024 Jul 9;332(2):173. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.11152. PMID: 38683587; PMCID: PMC11059038.
Conference Presentation
  • Sun, Y., Socal, M. P., Ballreich, J., Dai, T., & Dada, M. (to be presented; Nov 2, 2025). Identifying the global sources of insulin for the U.S. market: An important step to promote competition.
    APHA 2025 Annual Meeting & Expo, Washington, DC. https://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
  • Socal, M. P., Sun, Y., Ballreich, J., Dai, T., & Dada, M. (to be presented; Nov 2, 2025). Identifying the global sources of antibiotics for the U.S. market: An important step to mitigate drug shortages.
    APHA 2025 Annual Meeting & Expo, Washington, DC. https://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
  • Socal, M. P., Sun, Y., Ballreich, J., Dai, T., & Dada, M. (June 23, 2025). Identifying the global sources of antibiotics for the U.S. market: An important step to mitigate drug shortages.
    14th Annual Conference of the American Society of Health Economists, Nashville, TN. https://www.ashecon.org/2025-nashville/
  • Socal, M. P., Sun, Y., Ballreich, J., Dai, T., & Dada, M. (June 4-6,2025). Identifying the global sources of antibiotics for the U.S. market to enhance supply chain resiliency. Paper presented at the Industry Studies Association Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, United States. https://www.industrystudies.org/isa-2025-conference-information-2

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