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China Rx - Exposing the Risks of America's Dependence on China for Medicine (Hardcover)
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China Rx - Exposing the Risks of America's Dependence on China for Medicine (Hardcover)
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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 is a disturbing, well-researched wake-up call for
improving the current system of drug supply and manufacturing.
Several decades ago, penicillin, vitamin C, and many other
prescription and over-the-counter products were manufactured in the
United States. 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. 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. The authors convincingly argue that there are at
least two major problems with this scenario. 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. 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. Second, lapses in safety standards and quality control
in Chinese manufacturing are a risk. 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. This probing book
examines the implications of our reliance on China on the quality
and availability of vital medicines.
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