The Quest to Save American-Made Antibiotics
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USAntibiotics's plant in Tennessee is one of the last plants in the United States that makes amoxicillin, the crucial antibiotic that has been in shortage in some forms since 2022. But the plant isn’t breaking even, financially. WSJ’s Liz Essley Whyte reports on why it is so hard for American-made generic drugs manufacturers to survive. Further Listening: - Will Florida’s Plan to Get Cheap Drugs From Canada Work?  - Trillion Dollar Shot  Further Reading: - Drug Shortages in America Reach a Record High  - Drug Shortages Trigger FTC Probe  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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