US tariffs on pharmaceuticals risk shortages of lower-cost generic drugs

A Prescription for Risk: America’s Hidden Dependence on China for Life-Saving Drugs

China’s dominance of the market for "active pharmaceutical ingredients" — critical components of drugs — has given it powerful economic leverage and introduced significant risk into the American healthcare system. That must be considered in the imposition of tariffs on Chinese products.

Industry chief hopeful administration carves out generics from pharma tariffs

Tariffs that President Trump has repeatedly promised to levy on the pharmaceutical sector should exclude generic drugs, Association for Accessible Medicines President and CEO John Murphy tells Inside U.S. Trade, arguing that generic medicines are uniquely vulnerable to tariffs because of low profit margins and static government reimbursement rates. The Commerce Department last week opened a 21-day comment period for its investigation into the na…

Why Trump’s pharma tariffs are a political minefield

The Trump administration’s threat of pharmaceutical tariffs could risk significant political backlash, as the drug industry and outside experts are raising red flags over worsening shortages and an extended fight over who will pay.   The White House disclosed earlier this month it launched an investigation into whether pharmaceutical imports threaten national security, an effort to…

Californians can now buy opioid reversal drugs from the state online

Californians can now buy opioid reversal drugs directly from the state under a program aimed at making the life-saving medication less expensive and more accessible.

MP's call on government to protect pharmaceutical industry

Oxfordshire's Liberal Democrat MPs have called for the Government to urgently protect the county's industry from pharmaceutical tariffs.

US tariffs on pharmaceuticals risk shortages of lower-cost generic drugs

Vast majority of drugs prescribed in America are off-patent generics made in lower-cost countries