please join me in welcoming rosemary gibson. [applause] >> should i take over for now backs is the microphone working okay, wonderful. thank you gentlemen and ladies. good afternoon everyone. doctor goldman, i want to thank you for making this event possible. it is a very timely and it is fitting that we are sitting here at school of health in the nations capital to discuss the public health implications as well as the national security risks associated in the growing dependence on a single country for our madison. it's timely for another reason. the president is safe to give a major speech in the coming days and weeks about the drug prices. we know many americans are suffering under the burden of the high cost of medicine. but we have to be mindful of unintended consequences. companies might feel pressured to reduce the prices and reduce their cost which could potentially drive more manufacturing to china subject to keep a close eye. there's one lesson we draw from today it's the intersection of the medicine and trade and trade

booktv archives in 2082018 rosemary gibson discussed the risks of the u.s. depending on china to supply essential ingredient forts maybe of the most widely used drugs. here's her talk from george washington university in washington, dc. ... rosemary gibson, her book explores the topic of a dramatic shift in where our medicines come from as china looks to position itself as the pharmacy of the world. i think many of us in the medical public health profession have been unaware of this shift. you may notice at times that there are shortages, there are contamination issues, other problems, but i think we have not been aware that there is a systematic issue a major change in the system for manufacturing and delivering pharmaceuticals. the implications of one country controlling the supply of medicine are astounding. no matter what country we may be talking about. think about it, 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 can be vulner

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we are back in joining me now is rosemary gibson, the author of china, exposing the risk of american independence on china for medicine. first of all, thank you for being with me again. >> is great to see you again. >> tell us about your medical background. >> i am not a physician but i happened to spend three years researching and figuring out where our medicines are made and it is a shocker about how dependent we are on china for so many of our drugs. >> you are also an advisor at the hastings center. tell us about what the hastings center is any the type of research you do. >> the hastings center is a think tank and we do a lot of and on ethical issues availability of good medicine is one of those. -- let's talkut about coronavirus. >> everybody is talking about coronavirus. >> tell us your assessment of the coronavirus right now. do have an issue with coronavirus cases popping up around the country and we have to be careful, do all the things we should do, wash our hands, not go out if we are sick, let's hope that it passes quicker and we can get back to normal life again. >> the

rosemary gibson, her book explores the topic of a dramatic shift in where our medicines come from aschina looks to position itself as the pharmacy of the world. i think many of us in the medical public health profession have been unaware of this shift. you may notice at times that there are shortages, there are contamination issues, other problems, but i think we have not

that's with rosemary gibson.atch c-span's washington journal, live at 7:00 eastern saturday morning. join the discussion. ♪ onset, theus now national association of county and city health officials. she serves as the government and public affairs chief. tell us about your organization and its involvement at this time. association of county and city health officials. guest: the national association of county and city health almostls represents the 3000 local health departments across the country. those are the folks on the front lines of the coronavirus response and so many of the other public health emergencies and crises that take place in communities across the country. guest: you heard the county executive talk about what is experienced. -- what arelarge the lessons that we could use in the united states at this time? guest: you get a great example of what it looks like in the ground on his community, and even those places that do not have confirmed cases are doing a lot of the same work. from the basic answer

especially rosemary gibson, this was enlightening a [inaudible conversations] >> thank you everyone for coming today. really delighted. it's a self-evidently important topic and this is a great reason to be discussing this to highlight, promote, discuss this great new book that has come out on tuesday, the third was the official launch date and this is about a topic which is relevant and important and it's understudied. i don't want to waste too much time here. i will only have an intro so i can highlight the work of a reprint for "the wall street journal" on the same topic and i'm going to quote from one of her stories from april of this here because iyear because it sp nicely where a piece co-authored chinese spies are recruiting the u.s. officers as part of a sustained campaign to shake loose the government secrets and current and u.s. officials say china has grown bolder and more successful in traditional spy games including targeting the less congressional and then she quotes the now infamous tape and by the fbi that no country poses a more severe threat in china and they are doing

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life-saving drugs in new hospitals and the impact on dealing with the coronavirus outbreak with rosemary gibson, author of china rx, exposing the risks of america's dependence on china for medicine. watch c-span's washington journal, live at 7:00 eastern saturday morning. join the discussion. on sunday, vermont senator bernie sanders held a rally in grand rapids michigan a hate of the -- ahead of the democratic presidential primary. watch live at 12:30 p.m. eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org, or on the free c-span radio app. experts in public health, infectious disease, and emergency preparedness from johns hopkins university held a briefing on capitol hill regarding the coronavirus. they discussed best practices to protect against spreading and contracting the virus, as well as the database built to track outbreaks in real-time. experts at the forefront of the response. -- expertar from a is recognized in the field of public health preparedness, pandemic, and infectious disease and prevention of and response to biological threats. we will hear from a researcher who created the outbreak be

with rosemary gibson, author of .china rx" washington journal is next. ♪ host: good morning and welcomewashington journal. with fears of the coronavirus the stock market has seen huge swings in the last few days. with vacations at public gatherings being affected by worries of the virus many travel, chris pratt, -- restaurant and has been telling the companies are seeing plunges in stock companies are trying to figure how they will keep going if people are ordered to stay at home. some investors are seeing an upside w

we have the author of an incredibly important book here, rosemary gibson.her book is the topic of a dramatic shift in where our madison's come from. china looks at the position as a pharmacy of the world. i think any of us in the public health profession have been unaware of the shift. we may notice on time but there are shortages and contamination issues and other problems but i think that it is we have not been aware there is a

. >> we will do a hearing -- or a briefing with rosemary gibson, china rx so we can talk about that. congresswoman herrera butler. >> i'm glad mr. boekan asked about this, i was at the white house and asked vice president pence about, the supply chain issue. i know in the last number of months we've heard refine, refine, refine, refine, refine, or weeks. and this this last week we started to hear, well, there are some concerns. i think february 27th was the first time that a prescription manufacturer noted that there's there's a supply chain issue with regard to the coronavirus. we've already seen shortages for unknown reasons on things like imewno suppressive drugs and this is an area i'm focused on, seeing what the solutions can be in the short term. people say go get three weeks of your prescription. if you're prescription is being rationed, you can't do that. what types of solutions can we -- so there's now, in the coming year, that we're going to be dealing with maintenance and treatment of this virus. what should we be doing? what can you see? obviously there's the big picture

we are back in joining me now is rosemary gibson, the author of china, exposing the risk of american independence on china for medicine. first of all, thank you for being with me again. >> is great to see you again. >>

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