Column: Where do your drugs come from? That's a big a question in the era of coronavirus
As consumers worldwide adapt to life under the coronavirus, George Timek had what he thought was a perfectly reasonable question: Where is his medicine made?
Your medicine, prescription or otherwise, may not come from China , but there’s a high likelihood it contains ingredients that originated in China and other countries affected by the coronavirus.Stephen Hahn, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, said Friday that the coronavirus has resulted inHe didn’t identify the drug or the ingredient, saying only that “this shortage is related to a site affected by coronavirus.
Before we go any further, it’s important to note that U.S. Customs law has a big loophole when it comes to country-of-origin labeling.It doesn’t require that the sources of a drug’s ingredients be disclosed. Rather, the law says a drugmaker can claim as the country of origin wherever the drug’s various components were “substantially transformed” into the final product.
Acetaminophen, also known as paracetamol, is America’s most widely used drug ingredient, found not just in namesake pills but also as a component of hundreds of cold, flu and allergy remedies.determined that 84% of the world’s supply of acetaminophen comes from China and India, with China accounting for nearly two-thirds of the total.Then there are all the inactive ingredients in the BJ’s acetaminophen.
Experts say it would be unlikely for overseas companies to stockpile most raw ingredients solely for domestic use. But some fear China could curtail exports of materials used in the production of antibiotics if demand for such drugs surges at Chinese hospitals.
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