Bringing drug manufacturing back home

Manufacturing facility

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Pharmaceutical supply chains are international, complex and opaque. Is there a better way?

Shortages of important drugs like antibiotics and cancer treatments in recent years, as well as disruptions from the Covid-19 pandemic have brought increased attention to the global supply chains involved. This has led to calls for the US and other countries to on-shore manufacturing in the interest of economic stability and even national security. Do they make sense?