please join me to welcome rosemary gibson. [applause] take ove f is the microphone working well?? good afternoon. doctor goldman thank you for mai making this possible. possibl it is a timely and fitting we th are here at the school of publiy health in the nations capital to discuss the public health health as well as national security associated with our growing dependence on a a single country for medicine. it's timely for another reason the president is set to give a major speech in the coming daysn and weeks deabout drug prices. many americans are suffering under the burden under the high cost of medicine so we have topt be mindful of unintended consequences companies might feel pressure to reduce prices and reduce cost which could potentially drive more manufacturing to china. so we have to keep a close eye.. : : : raise the price again spectacularly. clear violations of antitrust. we could have a whole session stand by them in the cartel because that continues. orders are still arguing over it and has tremendous implications for a lot of our medicine and other products we ge

we have an author of an incredibly important book here, rosemary gibson. her book explores the topic of a dramatic shift in where our medicines come from. as china looks at its position as the pharmacy of the world. i think many of us in the medical and public health profession have been unaware of this shift. we may notice at times there are shortages, that their contamination issues, there's other problems, but i think we are not unaware that there is a systematic issue, a major change in the system for manufacturing and delivering pharmaceuticals. the implication of one country are astounding no matter what country we may be thinking about. what if there is a global pandemic and it's hard to move product across the world because of that. what if there are heightened tensions within the south china sea. everyone could be vulnerable, everyone could be put at risk. the role of the fda cannot be overstated because the fda cannot be as effective in assuring the safety of our medicine in areas of the world as it can at home. many of us are not aware of the fa

scientific uses and facts of psychedelic drugs this book is called "how to change your mind", then rosemary gibsonn her book china rx exposing the risk of america's dependence on china for medicine. the author has a book about the risks of getting medical advice from anyone other than a doctor in his book "bad advice", why celebrities, politicians, and activists aren't your best source of health information. but tv all this week in prime time right here on c-span2 and that starts tonight about 8:00 p.m. when the senate is done. we are waiting for the senate to return, we expect them back, they are scheduled back at 4:30 p.m. after the briefing. supreme court nominee judge donna judge brett kavanaugh testifies between the committee's thursday, september 4, judge cavanaugh, currently on the dc circuit court of appeals if the nominee to fill the supreme court seat vacated by retired justice kennedy. judiciary committee chairman chuck grassley expects the confirmation hearing to last three or four days and will have it live for you on c-span.org, c-span.org, or you can listen live on the c-span radio