US EditionA Hidden Dependency: American Medicine Relies on Chinese Manufacturing
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A Hidden Dependency: American Medicine Relies on Chinese Manufacturing
In 2023, Stanford Medicine was forced to ration cancer drugs. A multi-disciplinary ethics committee was tasked with allocating a limited supply of Cisplatin, a chemotherapy drug. Why did Stanford and other hospitals around the country have this shortage? It was due to quality issues at a single facility—Intas Pharmaceuticals Limited near Ahmedabad, India. The global supply chain broke and America wasn't ready. In response, American imports of Ci…
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