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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Tom Murphy

Tornado damage to Pfizer plant will probably create long-term shortages of some drugs hospitals need

ASSOCIATED PRESS

The fallout from a Pfizer factory being damaged by a tornado could put even more pressure on already-strained drug supplies at U.S. hospitals, experts say.

Wednesday's tornado touched down near Rocky Mount, North Carolina, and ripped up the roof of a Pfizer factory that makes nearly 25% of all sterile injectable medicines used in U.S. hospitals, according to the drugmaker.

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