A bipartisan group of senators aims to strengthen the pharmaceutical supply chain with a bill that focuses on boosting stockpiles through increased drug manufacturing in the U.S. and allied countries.
George Frey / Getty Images fileWASHINGTON — that found more than 295 medications, including lifesaving treatments, are in short supply nationwide.by requiring the Department of Health and Human Services to award contracts for generic drug manufacturing to U.S.-based companies or members of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. Contract recipients would be required to bolster production capacity and maintain sufficient drug reserves.
Peters said in a statement that the “bill would help ensure the U.S. is better prepared for future health threats and Americans can always access essential medications.” “The United States’ overreliance on Communist China for vital medications poses a threat to national security,” Blackburn said in a statement. “We must support domestic manufacturing of critical medications and work to prevent potential shortages during future national emergencies.”
Brown emphasized in a statement Thursday that there “is no reason” people in the U.S. should face shortages and rely on other countries to provide “90 percent of the critical pharmaceutical ingredients that go into these drugs.”
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