The world needs pharmaceuticals from China and India to beat coronavirus
The biggest pharmaceutical companies in the world, known as "big pharma", are American and European. The top five are Pfizer (US), Roche, Novartis (both Swiss), Merck (US) and GlaxoSmithKline (UK). Yet these companies—and the pharmaceutical industry as a whole—rely on global supply chains. And China and India play key roles in the supply of both ingredients and finished drugs.
The biggest pharmaceutical companies in the world, known as "big pharma", are American and European. The top five are Pfizer (US), Roche, Novartis (both Swiss), Merck (US) and GlaxoSmithKline (UK). Yet these companies—and the pharmaceutical industry as a whole—rely on global supply chains. And China and India play key roles in the supply of both ingredients and finished drugs.
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