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John Moolenaar: “It seems that a lot of the medicines now have APIs from…”

Featuring: John Moolenaar, Republican | U.S. House Michigan, 2nd Congressional District

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John Moolenaar Grills NIH Official On Efforts To Deter CCP Influence On US Biomedical Research

Published | Video Starts at 04:37

And one of the other areas I wanted to ask you is the supply chains for our medicines. It seems that a lot of the medicines now have APIs from China, the starting materials from China and India and there's a certain vulnerability there. And I know that China is also focusing a lot on their biomedical research and they're enhancing their capabilities. What can we do to stem this tide? (04:37–04:51)

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Asserts that many medicines have active pharmaceutical ingredients sourced from China and India, creating vulnerabilities.

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