Thursday, November 1, 2007

Imported Pharmaceutical Ingredients

10 a.m. (ET)

U.S. drug manufacturers import at least 80% of their active pharmaceutical ingredients with an every increasing share coming from China and India. We'll discuss some of the new questions being raised about safety standards of these imports.

Judith Viorst: "Alexander and the Wonderful, Marvelous, Excellent, Terrific Ninety Days" (Free Press)

11 a.m. (ET)

The best-selling author describes the joys and challenges of intergenerational living when her youngest son, Alexander, moves back home with his own family while their own house is being renovated.

The Diane Rehm Show is produced by member-supported WAMU 88.5 in Washington DC.