Tornado that struck Pfizer plant ripped through warehouse where drugs were stored

The tornado that ripped through a major Pfizer pharmaceutical plant in North Carolina on Wednesday "almost completely destroyed" the plant’s warehouse, which stored raw materials, packaging supplies and finished medications awaiting release to hospitals across the United States, CEO Albert Bourla said during a press conference on Friday. The company is working with the Food and Drug Administration, which said Friday that it is still trying to gauge the impact that the natural disaster could have on the nation’s drug supply. The plant, based in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, made...