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"An important Pfizer pharmaceutical plant in N. Carolina was severely damaged on Wednesday after a powerful tornado ripped through the area"
"The plant produces anesthesia and other drugs as well as nearly 25% of all sterile injectable medications used in U.S. hospitals.
"Erin Fox, senior pharmacy director at Utah Health, said the damage "will likely lead to long-term shortages while Pfizer works to either move production to other sites or rebuilds." "
“A shortage of penicillin to treat a skyrocketing number of syphilis cases is so dire that US health officials are debating the need to declare a public health emergency
Major US medical centers are rationing the [drug] because of a supply crunch. [S]ome health-care providers are prioritizing giving a key treatment — penicillin G benzathine — to pregnant patients and babies”
“Pfizer Inc. is the only company that makes penicillin G benzathine for the US“
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/syphilis-emergency-looms-in-the-us-as-drugs-run-low/ar-AA1eottI