U.S. companies already import 40 percent of API [active pharmaceutical ingredients] from India and China, a number that is expected to double within a decade.I am not buying any of the "reassurances" offered in this article, either.
... The regnant political opinion today is to allow more intermediaries to import more drugs from overseas.
... Interpol and the World Customs Organization should continue to encourage vigilance in exporting countries, and the FDA should send more inspectors to overseas production facilities in China and India.
I am not buying any of the "reassurances" offered in this article, either.
BUMP!
I'm not either they were very weak. If you have to use pharmaceuticals it's probably worth the extra cost to get American made. Our standards are still the highest or nearly the highest in the world. There is a reason for that and a cost that goes with it.