Bloomberg Law
June 22, 2020, 9:33 AM

Trade, Red Tape Make U.S.-Produced Drugs a ‘Massive Undertaking’

Shira Stein
Shira Stein
Reporter
Jacquie Lee
Jacquie Lee
Reporter

The Trump administration’s effort to manufacture more medical products in the U.S. will take several federal agencies, years of jumping through regulatory hoops, and hundreds of millions of dollars, lawyers, lobbyists, and policy analysts say.

Health-care providers have struggled to get the drugs or equipment they need during the pandemic because so many of those drugs are made overseas. Researchers and lawmakers have decried that foreign reliance for years, but the public outcry over equipment shortages during the Covid-19 pandemic may finally lead to lasting change, industry analysts say.

President Donald Trump has prepared an executive order to bolster domestic ...

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