Every tablet is manufactured in a facility not in the United States. It used to be here, but it is manufactured in Ireland. Then it is exported, same packaging, to the pharmacy shops in France, Germany, England, Ireland, United States, Canada, and around the world. Yet that drug, Lipitor, we pay 50 percent more in the United States than they do in Canada for Lipitor. It is the number one selling drug for senior citizens with high cholesterol.
Discussing the manufacturing and pricing of the drug Lipitor during a floor speech.
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