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Paracetamol, China (Hebei)
Hengshui (Hebei), China37.74°N 115.67°E
computed criticality23/100
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0 sites in North America or the EU; ≈13 Chinese producers, last European site closed in 2008
2024Fault line
No paracetamol has been synthesised in North America or Europe since the last French site closed in 2008; production has concentrated on a handful of Chinese and Indian makers. The world's most consumed painkiller and a WHO essential medicine, it illustrates the abandonment of an unpatented, low-margin molecule. Its ordinariness masks an almost total dependence on a few Asian plants.
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Hebei Jiheng Pharmaceutical (Hengshui)
Anhui BBCA Pharmaceutical (Bengbu)
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