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What Would It Take To Bring More Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Back To The U.S.?

Experts say it could be dangerous to rely on overseas production of medicine in a crisis, but the U.S. largely does. Rebuilding domestic capacity would take years and substantial investments.

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Sydney Lupkin is the pharmaceuticals correspondent for NPR.