In France, people were surprised because we have big historic pharma corporation, with tons of public subventions. However this shortage revealed that they make the packaging of the drugs now. The actual substances are made elsewere.
They also focus on R&D for new bankable drugs. Not the ones that are important - new ones that could make tons of money. I have a thin hope that the gouvernement will make new regulations to produce locally.
Same in Germany, it’s like all of our medicine is produced somewhere far away or something
In France, people were surprised because we have big historic pharma corporation, with tons of public subventions. However this shortage revealed that they make the packaging of the drugs now. The actual substances are made elsewere.
They also focus on R&D for new bankable drugs. Not the ones that are important - new ones that could make tons of money. I have a thin hope that the gouvernement will make new regulations to produce locally.
Edit. In June 2023, 210 million euros have been gifted to big pharma corps in France regarding this issue. https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2023/06/13/france-to-re-shore-production-of-50-key-medicines_6031218_7.html