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12. Agreed, we need Universal Health Care, but most brand-name drugs are not manufactured here.

Reply to area51 (Reply #8)

Fri Jan 10, 2025, 03:43 AM

Jan 2025

Report details where top 100 brand-name Rx drugs are made

The vast majority of brand-name prescription drugs sold in US pharmacies are made overseas and imported by their marketers. ... PharmacyChecker found that most of the brand-name drugs and APIs in this report are made in other high-income countries with similarly strict standards as those in the United States. Of the 100 brand-name drugs, 32 were finished in the United States, while 67 were finished in countries in the European Union, Canada, Japan, Singapore, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Only one brand-name drug, the anticonvulsant Neurontin (gabapentin), was made in India.

According to the article, most generic drugs are manufactured in Asian countries.

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I import a very expensive drug from Canada. rog Jan 2025 #1

Same here crimycarny Jan 2025 #3

Thanks ... I should check out Bottle Of Lies. rog Jan 2025 #5

It's a very good read (Bottle of Lies) crimycarny Jan 2025 #6

I've Been Afraid RobinA Jan 2025 #13

DOD has partnered with an Independent Lab (Valisure) to test generic drugs as part of a study crimycarny Jan 2025 #14

Sun Pharmaceuticals is based on India. I've ordered products out of Tara Skincare in LA until they got shutdown. LeftInTX Jan 2025 #9

Re: Sun Pharma rog Jan 2025 #10

I used to order generic lattisse w/o a prescription. Well, a few years ago, there were contaminated eye drops out LeftInTX Jan 2025 #11

What's more infuriating, a $5,000 per month US prescription or trusting a generic from Canada for $800? lostnfound Jan 2025 #15

Absolutely infuriating, and yet ... rog Jan 2025 #16

Fantastic. I can conclude that US pharma corporations are most sociopathic in the world lostnfound Jan 2025 #17

out of 35k pharmacies 30 were selling countefeits moonshinegnomie Jan 2025 #2

Oh noes! You mean those 50-cent penis pill ads everywhere on the tee vee are fake? Oh noes!11!1!!11 PSPS Jan 2025 #4

File under: Surprising No One. FSogol Jan 2025 #7

It's almost as if area51 Jan 2025 #8

Agreed, we need Universal Health Care, but most brand-name drugs are not manufactured here. rog Jan 2025 #12

But they are PRICED here. Nt lostnfound Jan 2025 #18