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Originally Posted by AzzarTheGod
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Big pharma has already opened a few plants there as well. I'm not sure about the legality (FDA) re: a complete move but I believe regulation de in cent I vises (phone correction what the ??) a completely international manufacturing operation.
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I work as a Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Engineering recruiter... Mexico is not as popular as you would think for pharmaceutical MFG. However, Puerto Rico, India, and Malaysia make most of the drugs we use. Its 1000% cheaper to MFG outside the USA, import into USA, then repackage and distribute as if nothing is wrong. The SOB is that they repackage it in a way to give the appearance of a USA product and the FDA is fine with this - the "final assembly" is all that matters.
All of the Tylenol in the world is MFG'd in a suburb of Philadelphia, PA however - every pill! McNeil Pharmaceuticals