Posted on 03/26/2020 2:41:40 PM PDT by bitt
They claim the order will harm efforts to provide doctors and hospitals with the equipment and medicines they need to stop the spread of COVID-19
The Association for Accessible Medicines (AAM), a trade association for major pharmaceutical manufacturers such as 3M, is drafting a letter to send to President Trump opposing his proposed ‘Buy American’ executive order reshoring medical supply chains. The letter currently has over 40 signatories, including PhRMA, a Big Pharma lobbying organization, dozens of medical nonprofits, and free market-oriented organizations, indicating the president will face immense pressure across the political spectrum for trying to reduce US medical dependence on China.
AAM claims that signing the ‘Buy American’ executive order during the coronavirus crisis will harm efforts to provide doctors and hospitals with the equipment and medicines they need to stop the spread of COVID-19. The executive order would push deregulatory measures for pharmaceutical companies that manufacture their products in the United States and would encourage government agencies to purchase only American-made medical supplies.
The Spectator obtained a copy of the email containing the draft letter AAM sent to potential signatories on Tuesday.
‘As you may be aware, President Trump’s trade adviser has been advocating that the president sign an Executive Order that would mandate or encourage that the US government only purchase drugs whose active pharmaceutical ingredients are made in the US with a similar rule for medical devices,’ an AAM official wrote in the email. ‘Such a move right now — which could come as early as this week —would destabilize the pharmaceutical supply chain at the worst possible moment for patients and the providers caring for them.’
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Screw them.
Stop stealing my posts. ;)
I hate big pharma- bastards....
To Bad we can set up Pharma companies that WANT to work in the US SCREW THEM!!
According to the reports I’ve seen, this requirement doesn’t fully kick in until 2025. Big Pharma is blowing smoke out their a$$.
Big pharma better not come down wrong on this.
The natives are restless, and it is a strategic issue.
We should never be reliant on foreign nations for our
must have resources.
According to the reports I’ve seen, this requirement doesn’t fully kick in until 2025. Big Pharma is blowing smoke out their a$$.
Bastards. This is one executive order we need, and now.
Big Pharma NEVER wants it to kick in.
At minimum the US should have 50% of the things we are learning are needed for Pandemic conditions.
Music sting...
We buy Chinese,
It makes our stock sweet
So what if Americans
Can’t get a even break
Tell me why,
You want to buy here,
Tell me why,
That your supply should be sure,
Tell me why,
Buying American will pay,
Us as much as buying from the Chinese....
Lets name them, their orgs and make sure to not spend a dime.
Gee then why is 3M ramping up US production to help out???
Let’s wait and see if A) such a letter is sent. and B) Who actually signs it
Relying on the Chinese for critical items is stupid. It gives them the power to turn off the faucet and then we’ll be screwed.
So, Big Pharma, you have all the technical specs, and you have the industrial capacity, GET BUILDING! This is wartime, and you can apply for and get authority to cut the bureaucratic red tape. An amazing amount of capacity can be set up and running within months, if not weeks.
If you are serious about ending the dependence on China, and to some degree India, put up those aspirin factories, RIGHT NOW!
Exposed, monopoly cockroaching
Next up:
“Insurance”
“Hospital” associations.
Closed self regulated systems.
I’d go a step farther....execution for non-compliance or even arguing about it.
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