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AAM wants US to cut China tariff on APIs

 
• By Dave Wallace

Tariffs on active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) imported into the US from China must be cut from a package of measures proposed by the US Trade Representative (USTR), to avoid drug shortages, higher costs and firms dropping out of the generics market, according to the US Association for Accessible Medicines (AAM).

Tariffs on active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) imported into the US from China must be cut from a package of measures proposed by the US Trade Representative (USTR), to avoid drug shortages, higher costs and firms dropping out of the generics market, according to the US Association for Accessible Medicines (AAM).

Responding to a list of proposed tariffs on China that were outlined by the USTR last month (Generics bulletin, 13...

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