Right-Wing Media Attack Obama For Acting To Prevent Prescription Drug Shortages

[NNN0LHI]

http://mediamatters.org/research/201111080015

November 08, 2011 2:23 pm ET —

Right-wing blogger Michelle Malkin and Fox Business host Andrew Napolitano have attacked President Obama for issuing an executive order that seeks to reduce prescription drug shortages, arguing that government regulations are the real problem. But Obama's executive order not only deals with regulatory delays but also attempts to tackle problems with the manufacturing pipeline, which analyses say is the biggest reason for the shortages.

[HopeHoops]

1. What the fuck is he supposed to do, give a campaign speech promising "Oxycodone in every drawer"?

[NNN0LHI]

2. Just hope cancer isn't cured under Obama's watch

That would certainly be considered an impeachable offense to the GOP.

Don

[HopeHoops]

3. Yeah, they make too much money off of it.

[RKP5637]

4. Well F the RW, just F them, I'm fed up with these butt heads. Hopefully more and

more people are waking up to how immature and ridiculous the RW is ...

[sakabatou]

5. *facepalm*

[FarCenter]

6. Isn't one of the main problems that producers in India and China stop making precursor chemicals?

The "manufacturers" in the US often only do the last steps in producing the final pharmaceutical product using precursor chemical from East and South Asia.

Those off-shore manufacturers change processes or discontinue lines, which in turn leads to the US "manufacturer" having to either disconinure a product or having to requalify a different off-shore source.

A better solution would be to set up a domestic capability to produce these drugs.