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Ron Johnson: “It really was because it was a very unattractive business…”

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Chairman Johnson remarks at HSGAC hearing on avian flu threat

Published | Video Starts at 20:17

Right. But again, I want to go back to sort of the root cause of why we didn't have the amount of capacity we really needed vaccine. It really was because it was a very unattractive business. People were being sued and people just exited the business. correct? Well, I think it was less the same than the issue of the profitability, because when you're producing drugs, people will take medicines for their whole life. (20:17–20:23)

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Asserts that the vaccine business became unattractive due to lawsuits, leading manufacturers to exit.

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