1/ This EO for Buy American drugs was long awaited. Big Pharma fought it and lost. At its core, the EO is designed to provide a base market for US-based drug products to develop home grown manufacturers quickly. A couple points... https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-ensuring-essential-medicines-medical-countermeasures-critical-inputs-made-united-states/?utm_source=twitter via @whitehouse
Executive Order on Ensuring Essential Medicines, Medical Countermeasures, and Critical Inputs Are...

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1.  P

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-ensuring-essential-medicines-medical-countermeasures-critical-inputs-made-united-states/?utm_source=twitter
2/ A federal court has ruled that importing inputs from China/India and making the final drug product here makes it "USA made". Happily, the EO includes "critical inputs" (active ingredients and key starting materials used to produce final drugs) for targeted procurement.
3/ Another problem I wondered about was the WTO Govt Procurement Agmt (WTO GPA) which requires us to treat 45+ countries' goods as domestic. Drugs made in Ireland are deemed US made. The EO solution: directing USTR to exclude pharma from our GPA commitments.
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