So if a US manufacturer cannot keep up with demand, import them from India, which, I have heard, has a large and growing pharmaceutical industry.
I would bet there could be some pretty good generic prices, too.
There have been some problems at times with Indian pharmaceutical manufacturing but my wife and I have many times taken Indian drugs with no issues (she is from India).
“So if a US manufacturer cannot keep up with demand, import them from India, which, I have heard, has a large and growing pharmaceutical industry.”
I would place good money on the proposition that the India pharmaceutical companies cannot meet the U.S. government regulations, which is why the drug is not imported from there to meet the demand here.
Oh, those drugs. They may not be pure enough and can’t be approved because the FDA has not studied and tested them to be safe for us sheeple.
Voltran (basically topical ibuprofen) for example. $50 bucks or more a tube here and you can buy it internationally for $8 bucks OTC without a prescription. All of it is made by Azko in Germany. But it is illegal for you to buy it here without a prescription. It isn’t “safe”.
A lot of pharmaceutical companies are offshoring their operations (and jobs) to India and China.