Generic Drug SupplyTop of Mind with Julie Rose • Season 1, Episode 1528, Segment 3
Feb 5, 2021 • 17m
The pandemic has exacerbated a problem that US hospitals have been facing for years: periodically, they run out of basic injectable drugs for treating critically ill patients. It's because there aren't many factories that make them. But a nonprofit named Civica RX unveiled plans for a factory in Virginia to make injectable generic medicine. Martin VanTrieste is CEO of Civica RX. (Originally aired May 27, 2020).