China Rx Quotes

“Chinese companies reportedly dumped the chemical building block on the global market, and prices collapsed.68 Competitors were driven out of the market. The closure of the Frankfurt plant increased the risks of global dependence on China for the essential ingredient to make this group of antibiotics.69 Some Chinese producers of 7-ACA have had a troubled history, accused of using so-called “gutter oil” instead of more”
― Rosemary Gibson, China Rx: Exposing the Risks of America's Dependence on China for Medicine

“When we asked the chief executive of a healthcare system on the East Coast if he knew that so much of the equipment and supplies in his hospitals were made in China, he was not aware. He was surprised that his costs have not declined. Patients don't see lower hospital bills either.”
― Rosemary Gibson, China Rx: Exposing the Risks of America's Dependence on China for Medicine

“The pharmaceutical industry needs long-term thinking, but the capitalist model isn't designed to do that.”
― Rosemary Gibson, China Rx: Exposing the Risks of America's Dependence on China for Medicine

“As the manufacturing base at home hollows out, human talent withers. If scientists are beset by constant worry about landing the next short-term contract, the prospects for profound discovery will not be auspicious.”
― Rosemary Gibson, China Rx: Exposing the Risks of America's Dependence on China for Medicine

“The best way to beat the enemy is probably to go to their homeland. As our former leader Deng Xiaoping put it, we'll cross the river by touching the stones.”49”
― Rosemary Gibson, China Rx: Exposing the Risks of America's Dependence on China for Medicine

“Indian pharmaceutical companies are acutely dependent on China for the chemical building blocks to make penicillin.46”
― Rosemary Gibson, China Rx: Exposing the Risks of America's Dependence on China for Medicine

“were sickened. The punishment? The perpetrators were prosecuted in China and sentenced to death or life imprisonment.61”
― Rosemary Gibson, China Rx: Exposing the Risks of America's Dependence on China for Medicine

“China plays chess. America plays checkers.”
― Rosemary Gibson, China Rx: Exposing the Risks of America's Dependence on China for Medicine