Can America Make Its Own Medicine Again?

The United States depends on China and India for some of its most
critical medicines, but one Central Virginia organization is
working to change that. Infused with more than $100 million in
public-private funding, including from the national Build Back
Better Regional Challenge program, the Alliance for Building Better
Medicine is cultivating a hub in the Richmond-Petersburgh region
for the research and advanced manufacturing of critical medicines.
The Alliance’s Executive Director Joy Polefrone shares how and why
the coalition of public-private stakeholders is securing a domestic
supply chain of quality affordable medicines. Photo courtesy of Joy
Polefrone