a bristol-myers -- plant inantibiotic the united states was a bristol- myers plant. aspirin -- there is a small plant that doesn't even supply all of bayer's needs. if you take the men's -- take vitamins -- they are supplied by china. from a strategic perspective, we're getting all of our medicines and vitamins, particularly over-the-counter medicines from china and india. many of these plans are simply not being inspected. cot,: nadine in press go arizona. caller: thank you. i want to note there is a list of medications on the web site -- i want to know if there is a list of medications on the web site -- a website. guest: yes. the fda -- host: we have it here. they list the current drug shortages. they should the manufacturer, why it is delayed, and related information about when the drug might be coming out, and who else to check with you find an inventory. guest: there is a university with a large list of medicines even slightly in short supply. go to the university of utah web sites -- website and type in "shortage." host: looking at the top ones on the fda. it

a bristol-myers -- plant inantibiotic the united states was a bristol- myers plant.irin -- there is a small plant that doesn't even supply all of bayer's needs. if you take the men's -- take vitamins -- they are supplied by china. from a strategic perspective, we're getting all of our medicines and vitamins, particularly over-the-counter medicines from china and india. many of these plans are simply not being inspected. cot,: nadine in press go arizona. caller: thank you. i want to note there is a list of medications on the web site -- i want to know if there is a list of medications on the web site -- a website. guest: yes. the fda -- host: we have it here. they list the current drug shortages. they should the manufacturer, why it is delayed, and related information about when the drug might be coming out, and who else to check with you find an inventory. guest: there is a university with a large list of medicines even slightly in short supply. go to the university of utah web sites -- website and type in "shortage." host: looking at the top ones on the fda. it show

a blood-thinning drug pfizer is developing with bristol myer- squibb is receiving rave reviews in a clinical study. it reduced the stroke risk in certain heart patients by 21%. finally, today's gains extended to europe. this exchange-traded fund follows 350 european stocks. it bounced more than 2.5%. nice move as two greek banks, alpha and e.f.g., agreed to merge, creating greece's largest bank. the deal raises confidence more bank deals could shore up confidence. and that's tonight's "market focus." >> susie: fitch ratings has settled negligence claims brought by the california public employees retirement system, or calpers. the biggest u.s. pension fund sued over fitch's ratings on structured investment vehicles that later collapsed. under the settlement, fitch will not make a payment to calpers. two years ago, calpers sued fitch, moody's and standard & poor's, alleging the inaccurate ratings cost $1 billion in losses. calpers has not commented on the other lawsuits. >> tom: we saw a bright spot for consumers in july. spending rebounded last month as americans bought more cars. sales incre

myers, we'll check back with you, of course we're watching, hurricane irene making her destructive run, residents across the northeast region, have evacuated in a whole lot of areas. michelle is a resident of bristol, rhode island and she joins us on the phone right now. so michelle, i don't know if you heard chad there talking about rhode island and the flood potential, but what are your concerns? >> yeah, it sounds like everything we're hearing around here, we're just going to get lots of rain for quite some time, i think i have heard 18 hours. and our thing is we're going to be getting the new moon and the high tide around the same time. and so a lot of people, my door, i come outside and i'm looking right at our harbor and so we're very worried about just a storm surge coming in with lots of water, the businesses and homes are right here on the water front. so a lot of flooding. i have never seen the stores and businesses board up the windows like they are with this hurricane coming in. so everyone's taking the precautions, moving things to higher ground, the cars, the belongings on the first floor of your home. >> so what have you done, those very things? >> getting the car -- mandatory evacu