Pfizer’s Rocky Mount facility in North Carolina was hit by the twister. There are no confirmed serious injuries and the drugmaker is assessing the situation to determine the impact on its production, the company said in a statement.
At least 129 sterile injectable drugs are in short supply in the US, including mainstay cancer drugs cisplatin and carboplatin, according to the University of Utah’s drug information service, which tracks shortages. Pfizer’s North Carolina plant makes a variety of medicines including anesthetics and anti-infective drugs, according to Pfizer’s website.
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