China now accounts for 95 percent of imports of ibuprofen, 91 percent of imports of hydrocortisone, 70 percent of imports of acetaminophen, and 40 to 45 percent of imports of penicillin.
Most of the generic drugs consumed in the U.S. come from India, Israel and parts of Europe. China is the lead supplier of key starting materials used to mix drugs in labs in India that eventually get shipped to the U.S. either as finished product, or sent to U.S. subsidiaries and commercial partners who repackage the drugs, sometimes turning the ingredients into pills and tablets, for example.
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