Whether it's painkillers, antibiotics, or diabetes medication, German pharmacies can hardly do without medicines made in China.
Many colourful pills and powders come off the production line in China every day and later end up in German stomachs. Three-quarters (76 per cent) of all active ingredients for antibiotics imported to Germany now come from China, according to areportby the pharmaceutical association Pro Generika e. V.
Even if medicines are manufactured in India or the United States, the other major players on the global pharmaceutical market still usually contain Chinese ingredients.
The example of the diabetes drug Metformin shows China and India's role particularly clearly.
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