About time we addressed this!-----Senators: Dependence on foreign drug supplies threatens security, health - UPI.com

The United States has grown dependent on foreign drug supplies, particularly from China and India, causing a national security and public health threat - Bridget Erin Craig

That was the verdict when senators on the Special Committee on Aging held a hearing titled "Bad Medicine: Closing Loopholes that Kill American Patients" to assess challenges and potential solutions to the country importing 83% of the top-100 generic drugs.

• "With the vast majority of our generic drugs and their ingredients, Communist China is the world's largest producer of active prescription drug ingredients, and India relies on Communist China for approximately 80% of the active drug ingredients that are used in drug manufacturing," said Chairman Rick Scott, R-Fla.
• Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., concurred...