VA enters trade act dispute for attempted medicine purchase with Indian ingredient
The VA bought a generic medicine from a company selling New Jersey-made tablets containing an active ingredient from India.
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The Veterans Affairs Department had a requirement for a generic Hepatitis B medicine something not unheard of there. But the pills it considered buying had an active ingredient from India and that kicked off a long Trade Agreements Act dispute. Procurement attorney Joseph Petrillo, of Petrillo and Powell, gave the full story on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
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