This is not the cost of "cheaper drugs". The cost of drugs in the US is the highest in the world. This is the cost of for-profit unregulated pharmaceutical production.

As a chemist, we have too much faith in the pharmaceutical industry.

If you know anything about chemistry you will know that this was such a school boy mistake. They developed a way cheaper method to synthesize valsartan but forgot the last washing step. Some people might say they did it on purpose to save money. But every undergrad chemistry student would be have been able to spot the mistake in the cheap synthesis causing these problems

The fda has had this lack of testing problem for so long that theyre practically a joke at this point.

Money makes people turn a blind eye

The very fact that lobbying is legal in USA aides this kind of tragedies.

Foreign company: Hey we changed some formula, but it should be ok.. FDA: Cool..

"karen was one of the kindest-" _didnt expect that one_

A huge problem is that we have a system that the pharmaceuticals self report to the FDA . The FDA should be doing the testing since most of the R&D is done by University and subsidies anyway.

My father died of a rare cancer at only 53 years old. He'd taken Zantac daily for many years and was consistently exposed to lubricating machine solvents in his work. Both are implicated for the presence of NDMA. The lack of consumer safety is infuriating. And it's heartbreaking to know that others have and will suffer unnecessarily.

I was hearing her say MDMA! I was like, 'Whaaaat? A carcinogen? Nooooooo!'.

"The quality can suffer sometimes when money is the bottom line" 6:14. I mean this is true, but there is no way this woman would say something like this about brand name drugs like insulin (which is over $600 a month for those without insurance). This is the fault of an inefficient government and greedy corporations, not Americans seeking more affordable drugs because health care costs in America are ridiculous.

profit over someone's life? this is how we know we've failed as humans.

Can you imagine if we had taken all that money on the failed war on drugs on drug safety instead.

I thought Americans were paying outrageous prices for drugs. Relying on China for drugs is a wrong decision

Ah. They played the same trick as Boeing did. "Safety Critical": "False"

So, explained what is probably meant with the EKG pulse: The EKG pulse is probably a graph of a gas chromatography detector (I am not a chemist but recently spent a night watching videos about gas chromatography so I have some basic knowledge about it). This method splits a mix of substances by vaporizing the substances and letting them get carried through a long coil of glass tubing inside an oven by an inert gas. Depending on the type of molecule it will take longer or shorter for a given substance to reach the other end where it will end up in some kind of detector. So, (simplified) if you know how long it will take NDMA to get carried trough the coil you can look at the graph, see that spike, notice that it is at the same time that NDMA would appear and, well, be pretty sure that your sample contains NDMA. In reality the detector always puts out noise to some degree, so having some small peak somewhere might also be the product of not doing the gas chromatography correctly or having some other issues (-> what they called "ghost peaks")

Please tell me who to contact. I’ve been on this drug for 16 years and now I’m being seen for possible liver cancer

Still many of these drug companies charge prices that cant be explained with the research cost. Just look at the price difference in the us and europe

All what is introduced in this thread is to support monopoly about criticising the generic drugs. The patent is not 10-20 years even treps treaty ask for at least 25 years and us is given even more and sometime double this period by loopholes in their system.

I hate how they allow so much toxins in our food and drugs and the companies will say, how it’s such a small amount that it’s harmless. Yes maybe taking or eating something once or twice it is. I’ve always thought, what about over a lifetime or over 20 years?

We all know where Bloomberg stands on healthcare costs.

Lol there is no such thing as "ghost peaks" on an NMR test. Finding unknown peaks means that there is most certainly some contamination and calling them "ghost peaks" is just lazy chemistry.

I think the FDA needs to have more funding, and be given more powers. It's entire purpose is to protect Americans from contaminated food and drugs, but clearly by not regularly inspecting generics, they've failed in that duty.

It is not about cheap or expensive drug it is about greed and the bottom line that hurt the consumer regardless whether the drug is cheap or not.

These drug companies deserve to be dismantled. This is so disgusting.

It is the same idea as having a recall on cars. They will only give out a recall if the amount of people dying or getting hurt are suing is more than the cost of the recall. The amount of people dying or getting hurt should be 0. But it is probably cheaper to keep the people quiet that are dying from these products versus fixing the product from killing people. F is this world we live in.

This is criminal. Justices must be served

They stole that womans life !

I had a reaction to one medication that caused me to almost stop breathing. I was then given a replacement that was shortly after found to be causing liver damage. How are these things making into the market at all? Since then, I've taken nothing more than Panadol and that, only once a year.

Ok. I will stop buying generic drugs. But can you tell me how I will be able to afford non-generic medicines when the US itself had skyrocketed the prices?

The problem is not the cost to produce the medications (it cost cents to produce hundreds of pills) the problem is the healthcare system in Germany nearly every medication is covert to 100% by all health insurances and we don't have contacted generic medications

Generic is not problem. The not testing generic drug before approving is.

In my opinion, Aurobindo is the worst pharmaceutical company. All of the medications I have had from them seem like the dosing is off. If you take a daily pill for whatever reason, then I'd try and steer clear of this generic company.

A drug that cost $10 to manufacrure should not cost us $800

I'm extremely suspicious at the fact that Bloomberg is putting out this kind of content considering Mike's history of corruption.

Wait till you hear what’s in baby food

Instead of being embargoed and sued into oblivion after this debacle, this company won "six bids". Worse still, we don't even know how many of these cases exist and we're dependent on these these foreign controlled companies for most of our medical supplies when we can't audit or punish them for these fatal drugs.

Just so you know this is a total propaganda piece. What we learned from the Martin Skreli incident is that drugs are priced at what the execs understand to be the most they can charge without losing too many customers. In this video one of the experts says safety is one of the costs. -And if pills were priced based on cost to produce that would be true. BUT IT'S NOT. They price them based on what they can get. Period. So safety doesn't cost more. Having corporations costs more. Secondly, they say generics aren't as safe. But that's total bullshit too. Think about it, if it's been on the market long enough for the patent to expire, then it's probably very safe. So the only problem is that producers need to be tested/regulated, like every other industry. How hard do you think it is for the FDA to test a few samples from each major provider? every now and then? Really people we don't EXPECT that of our government? That's fucking pathetic, and the takeaway message shouldn't be that generics are bad, it should be that our government's fucking pathetic, and now that Bloomberg is an untrustworthy source of news.

thats so badly explained generics costs 20 times less than the original and thats what matters to 99% of people who need it on regular basis and if done as should they are perfectly safe the problem is a bad manufacturing which has nothing to do with its being generics

It was a global recall and most came from India. How this story can focus on China is just politics to maintain American hegemony

in this day and age. You cannot trust anything.

Same thing with Zantac.

Highly recommend *Bottle of Lies* by Eban. And remember regulations are justified and much is under-regulated. It takes tremendous consumer action to countervail politicians and their corporate patrons.

I really hate your narrative against generics and makes me think this video was sponsored by big pharma. I think this was a case of a few bad apples which should be weeded out by proper testing by the relevant authorities. As a doctor from a developing country, generics have been a lifesaver for our populations. This kind of fear mongering is dangerous

This video made me not to trust the FDA

anyone know of some more in depth reporting into meds like valsartan... my mom used to take this and recently got diagnosed with a brain turmor... im gonna have to go down that rabbit hole and see if it could be related...

My Metformin has been recalled a few times so far.. at least 3 companies ..

6:30 Outsourcing is the fault of companies in the US, not whatever poor country is being exploited for cheap labor.

It’s all about money at the end of the day 😤😔

The same thing happened with ranitadine

Great Reporting. Put these people on trial for murder NOW.

2:43 not to be annoying but saying something is used in rocketfuel doesn't really mean anything inherently. Most rocket use either highly refined jetfuel(Saturn V 1st Stage, Flacon 9 all Atlas V) highly refined natural gas(Starship and New Glenn) or Hydrogen (Space Shuttle, SLS, Delta IV)

Now I know why India became a generics hub, never made a lot of sense. Well here we come, government generics manufacturer? I mean how else are you going to prevent farma shitting on you?

I'm sorry but this woman souds like shes gonna cry every second

This world makes me sick!

Evil FDA

This is the cost of wealth inequality, I know quite a few people that if they were in charge of either the fda or the drug maker, they'd have stopped the continuance of this disgusting behavior that is still continuing daily all over the qorld

If only Moral Education is as important as Modern Education, we wouldnt be witnessing this. Yet people just can't see it..

07:49 left behind the tree on the ground. :D

The Pharmaceutical industry is also part of their depopulation project. I took a generic HCTZ 12.5 made in China and a generic Amlodipine 5mg made in India. I almost died…..

Real news

Get rid of the music and I don't think this could be called a "Horror Story"

This is a real issue, but the concept of "generic drugs" is horribly explained...generic drugs are the exact same drug as brand name (in the USA generics only have to contain 90% of the brand name dose; A generic 2mg Xanax/Alprazolam tablet only actually contains 1.8mg alprazolam...but it is the same exact drug just a slightly lower dose) what they are talking about is accidental toxic impurities that were not fully removed... But I cannot stress any further that they are the same exact medicine in brand/generic drugs... Source: I work in healthcare

Cost sheet savings, synergy, leveraging global trade... reason for shifting all our crucial needs and industries overseas.

Don't do drugs.

Why are the two ladies in this video coming across as shifty? Reminds me of the reporter from the wire season 5 lol!

she looks like that CIA lady

this video is paid by drug company

if i were an engineer, i'll also mesmerised with how the inspector identify the small peak in the EKG pulse that identified NDMA. a small thing, that make huge difference.

This is pretty interesting

donald trump was right about pharma , that US should bring back pharma back to US , and manufacturing jobs to.

How about the original valsartan? Nobody check on it.

Always progressing. We just need to make sure we learn from all mistakes even 100 years down the line.

Most of the generic pills are now outsourced to China and India where, the standard for the safety and quality are not really the top priority. I forgot the name of an author, but I was listening to NPR Fresh Air podcast about this crisis. You will be surprised to find out about the poor manufacturing standard these countries have. A lot of those manufacturing facilities in India or China are usually located right next to slums. Old machines have been worn out, to a point not working properly or mixing tainted ingredients to the production. Often time, employees at those Indian and Chinese factories destroy evidence before US FDA representatives show up(Outsourcing companies tip each other)...the stories are SHOCKING. Search on Bing or Google about NPR Fresh Air podcast about generic drug crisis...it was aired sometime last year.

It's not vulnerabilities in a system, it is a shitty system, underfunded and with loopholes baked in by design!

Sometimes animals are better than human

Fffffuuuuuuuuu! Runs off to check medience he has been giving his son for 3 YEARS!!!!!

You should be ashamed of insinuating that this is due to 'cheaper drugs'. It's not even remotely about that, are you f-ing kidding me? This is about greed and corruption.

So dramatic, look at your corporations and you really should point your finger outwards. It's funny you said how the Chinese wanted to "save" money but didn't Novartis wish to save cost too? Hmm, doesn't sound capitalism to me.

pre covid comment=you get what you pay for&what about production enviromenrntal concerns. current covid = pre covid comment & now vulnerable supply chains concerns..

If you look at the bottle MFG its SOLCO. Solco is a Chinese owned subsidiary in NJ USA If you look at the labels it is made in China and imported into NJ for Solco Healthcare.

As a chemist, I never ever heard of ghost peaks. Those chemists in China were simply to dumb to perform even most simple tasks.

I can't take any video that starts with "Karen" remotely seriously. What's wrong with me?!

Stop getting obese, eating trash, start exercising...even though its company's fault, its high time americans be healthy instead of relying on drugs for even sleep nowadays (ik some may have real issue) my grandpas is 80yo without a stick or any disorder/diseases in a 3rd world country

Bribed, Chinese norm

Does this apply to all ALL angiotensin reception blockers?

Hope this doesnt deter people from covid vaccines

this is literally propaganda for big pharma's price gouging

Sponsored by Novartis so that people stop using generic drugs

ofc

Americans need to eat healthy, stop expecting drugs to cure everything, and accept that they will die. If your unhealthy, on meds, and you die, it is not someone else's fault. It's sad but it started with your bad choices.

GREED

buy chainlink!

im so glad im european

Another video to scare you into being angry. When in reality all you eat, drink, and live for is volatile to you. Remain healthy through food no pill will save you.

China

Is Bloomberg trying to be a horror show now?

Our body can heal itself all you have to do is eat right and exercise. Eat more tropical fruits and veggies you grow.

And Biden was in the White House house how long ????