Notable win

Bringing medicine manufacturing home

The administration moved to bring home production of 86 essential medicines, including penicillin, epinephrine and ibuprofen, and 26 drugmakers committed about $170 billion to U.S. manufacturing.

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Why you should care

A drug shortage feels very different when it is your child who needs the amoxicillin or the EpiPen. Medicine made here is easier to count on.

The long version of this story is still being written. Everything on this page is backed by the sources below.

Sources and footnotes

  1. Fierce Pharma – Reshoring 86 Essential Medicines
  2. White House – MFN Pricing for Every Medicaid Program (Sept 2026)