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July 23, 2021

Labor and Healthcare Advocates Call on Biden to Stop Closure of Largest U.S. Generic Drugs Plant
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Forty labor, healthcare and other advocacy groups are calling on
President Biden to invoke the Defense Production Act to halt the
shutdown of the largest U.S. generic drugs plant at the end of this
month. One thousand five hundred people are on the verge of losing their
jobs at Viatris's Mylan Pharmaceuticals plant in West Virginia, which
will start outsourcing its manufacturing to India. The groups say the
move will leave the U.S. with virtually no domestic production of
generic pharmaceuticals, threatening the supply chain for essential
drugs.


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