Gaps in Gloves, Masks Spur Look at Post-Pandemic Production

The Biden administration is working on getting a full picture of what the demand for personal protective equipment will be after the Covid-19 pandemic and where there are still gaps in domestic manufacturing, a top supply chain official said.

The federal government is having an “honest discussion” of where domestic medical supply production gaps exist, Brig. Gen. David Sanford, director of the supply chain task force, said in an interview with Bloomberg Law.

There are certain products that should be made in the U.S., and the goal is to “grow a U.S. medical industrial base, which was fairly nascent and ...