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Tornado damage to Pfizer plant unlikely to cause major drug supply shortages, FDA says

Headline from WDIO Duluth, on the newest of 2 developments

A tornado that tore through eastern North Carolina and struck a large Pfizer pharmaceutical plant has damaged its drug storage facility but not its medicine production areas. The drugmaker’s ability to salvage materials could mitigate what experts feared would be a major blow to an already strained …

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  1. Tornado Damages Pfizer Plant in North Carolina as Scorching Heat, Floods Sock Other Parts of US

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    Tornado damage to Pfizer plant unlikely to cause major drug supply shortages, FDA says

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  1. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    Tornado damages Pfizer plant in North Carolina as other parts of US reel from scorching heat, floods (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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    St. Louis Post-Dispatch's feed description

    A tornado has heavily damaged a large Pfizer pharmaceutical plant in North Carolina — the latest in a string of extreme weather events to plague the U.S. Floods also deluged

  2. Honolulu Star-Advertiser

    Tornado damages Pfizer pharmaceutical plant in North Carolina (opens Honolulu Star-Advertiser)

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    Honolulu Star-Advertiser's feed description

    RALEIGH, N.C. >> A tornado heavily damaged a major Pfizer pharmaceutical plant in North Carolina on Wednesday, the latest in a string of extreme weather events plaguing the U.S. on a day when floods deluged communities in Kentucky and scorching heat smothered Phoenix and Miami.

  3. Triblive

    Pfizer reports North Carolina pharmaceutical plant damaged by tornado, no serious injuries (opens Triblive)

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    Triblive's feed description

    A tornado heavily damaged a large Pfizer pharmaceutical plant Wednesday in North Carolina, the latest in a string of extreme weather events plaguing the U.S. on a day when floods deluged communities in Kentucky and scorching heat smothered Phoenix and Miami.

  4. Waco Tribune-Herald

    Large Pfizer pharmaceutical plant is heavily damaged by tornado in North Carolina, company says (opens Waco Tribune-Herald)

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    Waco Tribune-Herald's feed description

    Large Pfizer pharmaceutical plant is heavily damaged by tornado in North Carolina, company says.

  5. CNN

    North Carolina tornado damages Pfizer plant, shuts down I-95 and injures 4 (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    A tornado in North Carolina ripped the roof off of a Pfizer plant, damaged several other structures, shut down a major interstate and injured at least four people.

  6. WUSA9

    Tornado rips roof off Pfizer plant in North Carolina (opens WUSA9)

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    WUSA9's feed description

    Parts of roofs were ripped open atop its massive buildings and large quantities of medicine that were stored inside were tossed about.

  7. Anchorage Daily News

    Tornado damage to Pfizer plant will likely create long-term shortages of some drugs hospitals need (opens Anchorage Daily News)

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    Anchorage Daily News's feed description

    Wednesday’s tornado touched down near Rocky Mount, North Carolina, and ripped up the roof of a Pfizer factory that makes nearly 25% of Pfizer’s sterile injectable medicines used in U.S. hospitals.

  8. Southern Minnesota

    Tornado damage to Pfizer plant will probably create hospital drug shortages (opens Southern Minnesota)

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    Southern Minnesota's feed description

    The fallout from a Pfizer factory being damaged by a tornado could put even more pressure on already-strained drug supplies at U.S. hospitals, experts say.

  9. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    Tornado damages Pfizer plant in North Carolina as scorching heat and floods sock other parts of US (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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    St. Louis Post-Dispatch's feed description

    A tornado has heavily damaged a major Pfizer pharmaceutical plant in North Carolina — the latest in a string of extreme weather events plaguing the U.S. Torrential rains flooded communities

  10. Fox2 Detroit

    Tornado damages Pfizer plant in North Carolina as scorching heat, floods hit parts of US (opens Fox2 Detroit)

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    Fox2 Detroit's feed description

    Pfizer reported no serious injuries but authorities said medicine was damaged after a tornado damaged the plant near Rocky Mount, North Carolina.

  11. FOX 59 Indianapolis

    Tornado damage to Pfizer plant will probably create long-term shortages of some drugs hospitals need (opens FOX 59 Indianapolis)

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    FOX 59 Indianapolis's feed description

    The fallout from a Pfizer factory being damaged by a tornado could put even more pressure on already-strained drug supplies at U.S. hospitals, experts say. Wednesday’s tornado touched down ne…

  12. FOX 5 DC

    Tornado damage at Pfizer plant likely to cause long-term hospital drug shortages (opens FOX 5 DC)

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    FOX 5 DC's feed description

    The damaged Pfizer factory makes nearly 25% of all sterile injectable medicines used in U.S. hospitals.

  13. Fortune

    Pfizer plant in North Carolina heavily damaged by tornado (opens Fortune)

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    Fortune's feed description

    It will ‘likely lead to long-term shortages’ of drugs.

  14. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    Tornado damages Pfizer plant and 50,000 pallets of medicine in North Carolina (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth's feed description

    A tornado has heavily damaged a major Pfizer pharmaceutical plant in North Carolina — the latest in a string of extreme weather events plaguing the U.S.

  15. 13News Now Norfolk

    Tornado wrecks Pfizer plant in North Carolina (opens 13News Now Norfolk)

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    13News Now Norfolk's feed description

    TORNADO WRECKS PFIZER PLANT: An estimated 50,000 pallets of medicine were damaged or destroyed as the tornado ripped through.

  16. Wall Street Journal

    Tornado Damages Key Pfizer Drugmaking Plant (opens Wall Street Journal)

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    Wall Street Journal's feed description

    The plant in Rocky Mount, N.C., produces a quarter of the sterile injectable medicines used by U.S. hospitals.

  17. New York Times

    Tornado Tears Through Pfizer’s N.C. Site, Threatening Crucial Drug Supplies (opens New York Times)

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    New York Times's feed description

    Extensive damage occurred at the company’s property in Rocky Mount, and many products used by hospitals appeared to have been affected. This could further exacerbate shortages.

  18. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    Tornado damages Pfizer plant in North Carolina as scorching heat, floods sock other parts of US (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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    St. Louis Post-Dispatch's feed description

    A tornado has heavily damaged a major Pfizer pharmaceutical plant in North Carolina — the latest in a string of extreme weather events plaguing the U.S. Torrential rains flooded communities

  19. PolitiFact

    PolitiFact - Claim tornado planned for Pfizer insurance money unfounded (opens PolitiFact)

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    PolitiFact's feed description

    A tornado damaged a Pfizer pharmaceutical plant in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, on July 19, leading to some virtual chee

  20. FOX Business

    Tornado damage to North Carolina Pfizer plant will create long-term shortages of certain drugs, experts fear (opens FOX Business)

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    FOX Business's feed description

    After a tornado inflicted damage at a Pfizer plant in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, experts worry that it will create longer-term shortages to badly-needed drugs.

  21. Triblive

    Tornado damages Pfizer plant in North Carolina as scorching heat and floods sock other parts of U.S. (opens Triblive)

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    Triblive's feed description

    RALEIGH, N.C. — A tornado heavily damaged a major Pfizer pharmaceutical plant in North Carolina on Wednesday, while torrential rain flooded communities in Kentucky and an area from California to South Florida endured more scorching heat.

  22. WSVN Miami

    Tornado damages Pfizer plant in North Carolina as scorching heat and floods sock other parts of US - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports (opens WSVN Miami)

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    WSVN Miami's feed description

    RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A tornado heavily damaged a major Pfizer pharmaceutical plant in North Carolina on Wednesday, while torrential rain flooded communities in Kentucky

  23. ABC 11 Raleigh

    Tornado damage to Pfizer plant may create long-term shortages of some drugs that hospitals need (opens ABC 11 Raleigh)

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    ABC 11 Raleigh's feed description

    The Rocky Mount Pfizer factory makes nearly 25% of all sterile injectable medicines used in U.S. hospitals, according to the drugmaker.

  24. CBS News

    Tornado damages Pfizer plant in North Carolina, will "likely lead to long-term shortages" of medicine (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    A major Pfizer pharmaceutical plant was severely damaged after a deadly tornado ripped through North Carolina on Wednesday.

  25. NBC 6 South Florida

    Tornado damages key Pfizer plant, sparking concerns of a drug shortage (opens NBC 6 South Florida)

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    NBC 6 South Florida's feed description

    A tornado has heavily damaged a major Pfizer pharmaceutical plant in North Carolina — the latest in a string of extreme weather events plaguing the U.S.

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