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Worth mentioning that Hospira previously manufactured the drug in North Carolina. Blaming Italy and the EU is a little odd when they continue to have manufactur
by cowsandmilk 11y ago
Worth mentioning that Hospira previously manufactured the drug in North Carolina. Blaming Italy and the EU is a little odd when they continue to have manufacturing located in the US that would not have to deal with such regulations.
According to the WSJ, it only generated $6MM in annual sales, which probably is not enough to a large company (even larger as it was acquired by Pfizer) to be associated with the death penalty.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704754304576095980790129692 http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB100014240527487047543045760959...
- scintill76 11y agoThanks, I did read about North Carolina, but thought they'd completely shut down the plant there. So I guess they were forced to stop in NC due to production difficulties, canceled their plans again due to Italy/EU law, and then have never had sufficient reason to take the increasing PR hit and resumption costs for a relatively small market. And/or they genuinely decided to take a moral stance.