HEALTHJul 8 · 16:44 UTCSTAT NEWSDaniel Payne

STAT+: In private meeting, Trump officials push to onshore generic drugmaking

Trump administration officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio and health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., urged pharmaceutical leaders in a private meeting to bring production of essential medications back to the U.S. The discussion focused on strengthening U.S. control over supply chains for 86 medicines deemed essential by the health department’s Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response.

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