August 15, 2025- The White House Aug. 13 released an executive order directing the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response to develop a list of 26 drugs considered critical for national health and security, according to the American Hospital Association (AHA). The order calls for the ASPR to gather a six-month supply of drug ingredients and place them in the Strategic Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Reserve with a preference for domestic sourcing and manufacturing. The ASPR is also instructed to update a 2022 list of 86 essential medicines and propose a plan to obtain and store a six-month supply of drug ingredients for those remedies.