Reply #8: US manufacturers are already outsourcing drug production [View All]

and some of it, like the heparin in question, has been outsourced to China, already.

Obviously, what has to be done by these guys if they don't want to be put out of business by lawsuits (that they have to answer no matter what the FDA preamble which makes it harder to WIN, not sue says) is to do stricter quality control on the drugs they distribute. That'll drive up costs and the net benefit of offshoring will be reduced to the point that the contracts won't be renewed and production moved back here at some point.

In the meantime, we already don't know where our drugs are coming from. Those of us who need to take medication to stay alive and/or functional just have to hope that harmful substitutions haven't been made.