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