One note, however, with respect to "About 80% of active ingredients in U.S. meds come from China."
Google's AI Overview suggests:
"The 80% figure is often used to describe the percentage of [active pharmaceutical ingredients] APIs sourced from China, but it actually refers to the location of API manufacturing facilities, not the volume of API imports.
"Over the past decade the US has gotten, on average, around 17 percent of its API imports from China. While still considerable, this number is far short of the often cited but erroneous statistic that 80 percent of APIs the US uses come from China (which was the result of a misinterpretations of an FDA study)."
Google's AI Overview also points out:
"Some specific medications, like certain antibiotics and vitamins, may have a higher dependence on China for raw materials. For instance, a significant percentage of U.S. imports of ibuprofen, acetaminophen, and heparin have been sourced from China."
The article to which it links happens to repeat the "80 percent of APIs" confusion, but also gives more details about specific medications:
Thanks, Chris – solid post!
One note, however, with respect to "About 80% of active ingredients in U.S. meds come from China."
Google's AI Overview suggests:
"The 80% figure is often used to describe the percentage of [active pharmaceutical ingredients] APIs sourced from China, but it actually refers to the location of API manufacturing facilities, not the volume of API imports.
Per one of the articles to which it links, https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/econographics/the-us-is-relying-more-on-china-for-pharmaceuticals-and-vice-versa/:
"Over the past decade the US has gotten, on average, around 17 percent of its API imports from China. While still considerable, this number is far short of the often cited but erroneous statistic that 80 percent of APIs the US uses come from China (which was the result of a misinterpretations of an FDA study)."
Google's AI Overview also points out:
"Some specific medications, like certain antibiotics and vitamins, may have a higher dependence on China for raw materials. For instance, a significant percentage of U.S. imports of ibuprofen, acetaminophen, and heparin have been sourced from China."
The article to which it links happens to repeat the "80 percent of APIs" confusion, but also gives more details about specific medications:
https://www.cfr.org/in-brief/coronavirus-disrupt-us-drug-supply-shortages-fda