Kenneth Raposa
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India is more involved in the generic space, right? But China is involved in boom. China's a beast, man. If China sets out to do something, they get it done. You guys are no joke. And if they say they want to be leaders in something, they tend to be leaders in it. They get there. They have not failed yet.
Well, I will say it's getting better insofar as now it's a conversation whereas before it never was. Okay. So, and it's only been a conversation in my view, maybe the last four years, right? Because COVID really hit in 2020, 2021, right? That's where it really became a conversation. So today you had Trump saying, I want to bring the pharmaceutical supply chain home.
Well, I will say it's getting better insofar as now it's a conversation whereas before it never was. Okay. So, and it's only been a conversation in my view, maybe the last four years, right? Because COVID really hit in 2020, 2021, right? That's where it really became a conversation. So today you had Trump saying, I want to bring the pharmaceutical supply chain home.
Well, I will say it's getting better insofar as now it's a conversation whereas before it never was. Okay. So, and it's only been a conversation in my view, maybe the last four years, right? Because COVID really hit in 2020, 2021, right? That's where it really became a conversation. So today you had Trump saying, I want to bring the pharmaceutical supply chain home.
I want to make more generic drugs. He didn't say generic drugs. He said, I want to make more pharmaceuticals at home. What? We can obviously assume that that means generic, considering most of the drugs that Americans consume, including some basic things like a saline drip in the hospital, it's imported.
I want to make more generic drugs. He didn't say generic drugs. He said, I want to make more pharmaceuticals at home. What? We can obviously assume that that means generic, considering most of the drugs that Americans consume, including some basic things like a saline drip in the hospital, it's imported.
I want to make more generic drugs. He didn't say generic drugs. He said, I want to make more pharmaceuticals at home. What? We can obviously assume that that means generic, considering most of the drugs that Americans consume, including some basic things like a saline drip in the hospital, it's imported.
We assume that he's not just talking about the branded drugs, because a lot of those drugs are already made in the United States, or again, contract manufactured in Europe and Ireland in particular. So yes, it is a topic of discussion. It is something that you hear more about on Capitol Hill. You have the President of the United States talking about doing it, right?
We assume that he's not just talking about the branded drugs, because a lot of those drugs are already made in the United States, or again, contract manufactured in Europe and Ireland in particular. So yes, it is a topic of discussion. It is something that you hear more about on Capitol Hill. You have the President of the United States talking about doing it, right?
We assume that he's not just talking about the branded drugs, because a lot of those drugs are already made in the United States, or again, contract manufactured in Europe and Ireland in particular. So yes, it is a topic of discussion. It is something that you hear more about on Capitol Hill. You have the President of the United States talking about doing it, right?
Making it so that you could do those things there. But again, like manufacturing anything else, you have to be incentivized. And when you're making something that is low cost, like a generic drug that people take every day, How can you make it cost effective for a lab to produce that in the United States and not go broke?
Making it so that you could do those things there. But again, like manufacturing anything else, you have to be incentivized. And when you're making something that is low cost, like a generic drug that people take every day, How can you make it cost effective for a lab to produce that in the United States and not go broke?
Making it so that you could do those things there. But again, like manufacturing anything else, you have to be incentivized. And when you're making something that is low cost, like a generic drug that people take every day, How can you make it cost effective for a lab to produce that in the United States and not go broke?
Or not need the US government to give them a check of $100,000 a month in order to do it. So there's policies in place to make sure that can happen. None of those have become law yet, but wheels are in motion. It is a topic of discussion, right?
Or not need the US government to give them a check of $100,000 a month in order to do it. So there's policies in place to make sure that can happen. None of those have become law yet, but wheels are in motion. It is a topic of discussion, right?
Or not need the US government to give them a check of $100,000 a month in order to do it. So there's policies in place to make sure that can happen. None of those have become law yet, but wheels are in motion. It is a topic of discussion, right?
But again, you have to make it so that those key drugs, those generic drugs, including those drugs that you mentioned earlier, like ADHD medication and others that are in constant short supply in this country, like penicillin that are not made here, for the most part, you can do it here and you can make some money or at least not lose money.
But again, you have to make it so that those key drugs, those generic drugs, including those drugs that you mentioned earlier, like ADHD medication and others that are in constant short supply in this country, like penicillin that are not made here, for the most part, you can do it here and you can make some money or at least not lose money.
But again, you have to make it so that those key drugs, those generic drugs, including those drugs that you mentioned earlier, like ADHD medication and others that are in constant short supply in this country, like penicillin that are not made here, for the most part, you can do it here and you can make some money or at least not lose money.