Pfizer Plant Damaged After North Carolina Tornado, 'Long-Term Shortages' of Medicine are Likely, Expert Says
A Pfizer plant has suffered extensive damage after a tornado ripped through the building, which could lead to shortages of medical supplies nationwide. Sean Rayford/Getty Images The Rocky Mount facility, one of the largest drug manufacturing facilities in the world, is responsible for producing nearly 25 percent of Pfizer’s sterile injectable medicines used in U.S. hospitals, the company’s website states. The products the factory produces include anesthesia, painkillers, therapeutics, anti-infectives and muscle relaxants....