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and in some cases, during monsoon season. 
This is the problem of Raygunomics and "outsourcing" / "offshoring".
Both India and China supply most of big pharmas bulk "APIs" - "Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients" and those are used in formulations with other stuff (fillers) to make finished dosage forms (tablets, capsules, etc). The big one in India is "Dr. Reddy's" and they have always had issues.
But since big pharma refuses to have us make bulk product here due to cost (labor and otherwise), this is how it is. 
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