Imported Pharmaceutical Ingredients

Imported Pharmaceutical Ingredients

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.

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.

Guests

Marc Kaufman

reporter on the national desk of "The Washington Post"

Dr. Gilbert Ross

Medical/Executive Director
American Council on Science and Health

Caroline Loew

SVP, Scientific and Regulatory Affairs, PhRMA

Dr. Sidney Wolfe

director of the Health Research Group at Public Citizen; editor of WorstPills.org

Sen. Charles Grassley

(R-Iowa), ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee

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