But with the rise of globalization, antibiotics, antidepressants, birth control pills, blood pressure medicines, cancer drugs, among many others are made in China and sold in the United States.
Second, lapses in safety standards and quality control in Chinese manufacturing are a risk. China RX: Exposing the Risks of America's Dependence on China for Medicine, Hardcover - Rosemary Gibson China's biggest impact on the US drug supply is making essential ingredients for thousands of medicines found in American homes and used in hospital intensive care units and operating rooms. This is a disturbing, well-researched book and a wake-up call for improving the current system of drug supply and manufacturing.For example, if an altercation in the South China Sea causes military personnel to be wounded, doctors may rely upon medicines with essential ingredients made by the adversary.