Where drug ingredients are made
MOVE OVER, CHINA — China is not as big a player in the manufacturing of key ingredients used to make brand and generic medicines as previously believed, according to a new report released Thursday.
The United States Pharmacopeia analysis, which measured the volume of active pharmaceutical ingredients made by various nations, found several countries are major manufacturers of ingredients used for brand and generic drugs. The report comes as the Trump administration weighs tariffs on medicines, which recently announced what’s known as a Section 232 investigation — which is conducted by the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security to determine the effect of imports on the national security — into the impacts of importing drugs and drug ingredients that could lead to new tariffs.
