Millions of Americans are taking prescription drugs made in China and don\'t know it--and pharmaceutical companies are not eager to tell them.
This probing book examines the implications of our reliance on China on the quality and availability of vital medicines..
Citing the concerns of FDA officials and insiders within the pharmaceutical industry, the authors document incidents of illness and death caused by contaminated medications that prompted reform.
Second, lapses in safety standards and quality control in Chinese manufacturing are a risk.
For example, if an altercation in the South China Sea causes military personnel to be wounded, doctors may rely upon medicines with essential ingredients made by the adversary.
First, it is inherently risky for the United States to become dependent on any one country as a source for vital medicines, especially given the uncertainties of geopolitics.
The authors convincingly argue that there are at least two major problems with this scenario.
China\'s biggest impact on the US drug supply is making essential ingredients for thousands of medicines found in American homes and used in hospital intensive care units and operating rooms.
But with the rise of globalization, antibiotics, antidepressants, birth control pills, blood pressure medicines, cancer drugs, among many others are made in China and sold in the United States.
Several decades ago, penicillin, vitamin C, and many other prescription and over-the-counter products were manufactured in the United States.
This is a disturbing, well-researched wake-up call for improving the current system of drug supply and manufacturing.
Millions of Americans are taking prescription drugs made in China and don\'t know it--and pharmaceutical companies are not eager to tell them
