01407nas a2200181   4500000000100000008004100001260001200042653002000054100001300074700001500087700001500102245007500117856009900192300001300291490000700304520090000311022001401211       2020                            d  c11/202010aNTD programming1 aSouza AA1 aHolloway C1 aWilliams T00aThe NTD Supply Chain Forum-Strengthening the backbone of NTD programs.  uhttps://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0008818&type=printable  ae00088180 v143 a<p>Global programs targeting 5 preventive chemotherapy neglected tropical diseases (PC-NTDs) have scaled up rapidly in recent decades due, in large part, to the generous drug donations from 6 pharmaceutical companies-Eisai; Johnson & Johnson (J&J); GlaxoSmithKline (GSK); Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, United States of America (MSD); Merck KgaA; and Pfizer. Today, the scale of the PC-NTD drug donation programs is staggering. Nearly 15 billion tablets have been manufactured, packaged, shipped, and distributed in order to reach the people in need. The supply chains established to support such massive operations are enormously complex. Here, we describe a unique public-private partnership that was formed to bring together supply chain expertise to overcome the critical challenges associated with such large-scale production and delivery of donated pharmaceutical products.</p>  a1935-2735