Coronavirus Outbreak Could Lead To Shortages Of Important, Life-Saving Medications
About 13% of the active ingredients come from China, but just as disrupting is that China is also the source of the so-called inactive ingredients in drugs.
Mike Alkire is the president of Premier, Inc., a leading health care improvement company that has been tracking drug manufacturing issues.
“Eighty percent of the other ingredients … anti-microbials that go into the active pharmaceutical ingredients, those are also made in China, so that puts the entire supply chain at risk,” Alkire said.
